20A-5-601 - Poll workers -- Appointment for regular general elections and primary elections.
20A-5-601. Poll workers -- Appointment for regular general elections and primaryelections.
(1) (a) By March 1 of each even-numbered year, each county clerk shall provide to thecounty chair of each registered political party a list of the number of poll workers that the partymust nominate for each voting precinct.
(b) (i) By April 1 of each even-numbered year, the county chair and secretary of eachregistered political party shall file a list with the county clerk containing, for each voting precinct,the names of registered voters in the county who are willing to be poll workers and who arecompetent and trustworthy.
(ii) The county chair and secretary shall submit, for each voting precinct, names equal innumber to the number required by the county clerk plus one.
(2) Each county legislative body shall provide for the appointment of persons to serve aspoll workers at the regular primary election, the regular general election, and the Western StatesPresidential Primary.
(3) For regular general elections, each county legislative body shall provide for theappointment of:
(a) (i) three registered voters from the list to serve as receiving judges for each votingprecinct when ballots will be counted after the polls close; or
(ii) three registered voters from the list to serve as receiving judges in each votingprecinct and three registered voters from the list to serve as counting judges in each votingprecinct when ballots will be counted throughout election day; and
(b) three registered voters from the list for each 100 absentee ballots to be counted toserve as canvassing judges.
(4) For regular primary elections and for the Western States Presidential Primaryelection, each county legislative body shall provide for the appointment of:
(a) (i) two or three registered voters, or one or two registered voters and one person 17years old who will be 18 years old by the date of the next regular general election, from the list toserve as receiving judges for each voting precinct when ballots will be counted after the pollsclose; or
(ii) two or three registered voters, or one or two registered voters and one person 17 yearsold who will be 18 years old by the date of the next regular general election, from the list to serveas receiving judges in each voting precinct and two or three registered voters, or one or tworegistered voters and one person 17 years old who will be 18 years old by the date of the nextregular general election, from the list to serve as counting judges in each voting precinct whenballots will be counted throughout election day; and
(b) two or three registered voters, or one or two registered voters and one person 17 yearsold who will be 18 years old by the date of the next regular general election, from the list for each100 absentee ballots to be counted to serve as canvassing judges.
(5) Each county legislative body may provide for the appointment of:
(a) three registered voters from the list to serve as inspecting judges at the regular generalelection to observe the clerk's receipt and deposit of the ballots for safekeeping; and
(b) two or three registered voters, or one or two registered voters and one person 17 yearsold who will be 18 years old by the date of the next regular general election, from the list to serveas inspecting judges at the regular primary election to observe the clerk's receipt and deposit ofthe ballots for safekeeping.
(6) (a) For each set of three counting or receiving judges to be appointed for each votingprecinct for the regular primary election, the regular general election, and the Western StatesPresidential Primary election, the county legislative body shall ensure that:
(i) two judges are appointed from the political party that cast the highest number of votesfor governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, state auditor, and state treasurer, excludingvotes for unopposed candidates, in the voting precinct at the last regular general election beforethe appointment of the election judges; and
(ii) one judge is appointed from the political party that cast the second highest number ofvotes for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, state auditor, and state treasurer,excluding votes for unopposed candidates, in the voting precinct at the last regular generalelection before the appointment of the election judges.
(b) For each set of two counting or receiving judges to be appointed for each votingprecinct for the regular primary election and Western States Presidential Primary election, thecounty legislative body shall ensure that:
(i) one judge is appointed from the political party that cast the highest number of votesfor governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, state auditor, and state treasurer, excludingvotes for unopposed candidates, in the voting precinct at the last regular general election beforethe appointment of the election judges; and
(ii) one judge is appointed from the political party that cast the second highest number ofvotes for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, state auditor, and state treasurer,excluding votes for unopposed candidates, in the voting precinct at the last regular generalelection before the appointment of the election judges.
(7) When the voting precinct boundaries have been changed since the last regular generalelection, the county legislative body shall ensure that:
(a) for the regular primary election and the Western States Presidential Primary election,when the county legislative body is using three receiving, counting, and canvassing judges, andregular general election, not more than two of the judges are selected from the political party thatcast the highest number of votes for the offices of governor, lieutenant governor, attorneygeneral, state auditor, and state treasurer in the territory that formed the voting precinct at thetime of appointment; and
(b) for the regular primary election and the Western States Presidential Primary election,when the county legislative body is using two receiving, counting, and canvassing judges, notmore than one of the judges is selected from the political party that cast the highest number ofvotes for the offices of governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, state auditor, and statetreasurer in the territory that formed the voting precinct at the time of appointment.
(8) The county legislative body shall provide for the appointment of any qualified countyvoter as an election judge when:
(a) a political party fails to file the poll worker list by the filing deadline; or
(b) the list is incomplete.
(9) A registered voter of the county may serve as a poll worker in any voting precinct ofthe county.
(10) If a person serves as a poll worker outside the voting precinct where the person isregistered, that person may vote an absentee voter ballot.
(11) The county clerk shall fill all poll worker vacancies.
(12) If a conflict arises over the right to certify the poll worker lists for any political
party, the county legislative body may decide between conflicting lists, but may only selectnames from a properly submitted list.
(13) The county legislative body shall establish compensation for poll workers.
(14) The county clerk may appoint additional poll workers to serve in the polling place asneeded.
Amended by Chapter 75, 2007 General Session