25-2802. Political affiliation of judges and clerks of election.
25-2802
25-2802. Political affiliation of judges and clerks of election.Of the members of any election board, not including the supervisingjudge, not more than one-half of the clerks shall be of the same politicalparty, and not more than one-half of the judges shall be of the samepolitical party, except in the case of a three-member election board. Inthe case of a three-member election board, the members thereof, excludingthe supervising judge, shall be of different political parties. Theprovisions of this section shall not apply if the officers of politicalorganizations required to make recommendations for such appointees fail toso recommend, or if the persons so recommended fail or refuse to qualify orserve.
History: L. 1968, ch. 406, § 10; L. 1969, ch. 193, § 2; July 1.