Can Muslims work at a polling station?

Why it's allowed

A poll worker hands out ballot papers, checks names on the register, helps voters who need assistance and counts votes. None of that involves anything haram in itself. You are serving your neighbours, and the money you earn for the day is lawful pay for real work. Most scholars who allow Muslims to vote also allow them to help run the vote, since both are part of living as an active citizen. See Can I vote in elections as a Muslim?

The Quran encourages working together on good things:

The job is a trust (amanah)

A fair election depends on people like you. Islam treats any role where others rely on you as a trust, so:

• Stay neutral. Don't steer voters toward a party or candidate, even one you like.
• Count honestly. A deliberately wrong tally is lying and cheating, whoever it helps.
• Follow the rules you signed up to. Keeping the terms of your role is part of keeping your word. See Do I have to follow the laws of my country as a Muslim?
• Treat every voter kindly, including elderly and disabled voters who need extra help.

Praying during a long shift

Polling days can run from early morning until late at night, so plan your prayers before the day:

• Tell the presiding officer in advance that you need a few minutes for each prayer. Most will happily cover you.
• A quiet corner, a back room or your car is enough. Any clean place works.
• Check the times the night before. See Can I trust prayer time apps?
• If you truly can't step away, some scholars allow combining Dhuhr with Asr, or Maghrib with Isha, on an unusually hard day. Ibn Abbas reported that the Prophet ﷺ once combined prayers in Madinah without fear or rain, so as not to burden his community (Sahih Muslim 705). The majority still prefer praying each one on time where possible.

What if a party or campaign hires me?

Working for the official electoral office is the clearest case. Campaign work for a party is a separate question: it depends on what the party stands for and what you'd be asked to do. Supporting policies that help people is fine; actively promoting clearly harmful aims is not.