diff --git a/app/models/poll/shift.rb b/app/models/poll/shift.rb
index d894df5a4..d64bce9ac 100644
--- a/app/models/poll/shift.rb
+++ b/app/models/poll/shift.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ class Poll
     validates :officer_id, presence: true
     validates :date, presence: true
     validates :date, uniqueness: { scope: [:officer_id, :booth_id] }
+    validates :task, presence: true
+
+    enum task: { vote_collection: 0, recount_scrutiny: 1 }
 
     before_create :persist_data
     after_create :create_officer_assignments
diff --git a/db/migrate/20170927110953_add_shift_task.rb b/db/migrate/20170927110953_add_shift_task.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8adf23dd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20170927110953_add_shift_task.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class AddShiftTask < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    add_column :poll_shifts, :task, :integer, null: false, default: 0
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 41063df03..fcfb88aaa 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20170918231410) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20170927110953) do
 
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "plpgsql"
@@ -687,6 +687,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20170918231410) do
     t.datetime "updated_at"
     t.string   "officer_name"
     t.string   "officer_email"
+    t.integer  "task",          default: 0, null: false
   end
 
   add_index "poll_shifts", ["booth_id", "officer_id"], name: "index_poll_shifts_on_booth_id_and_officer_id", using: :btree