Section 602 – Appointment of poll workers in elections where candidates are not distinguished by registered political parties.

• (1)
  • (a) This section governs appointment of poll workers in elections where candidates are not distinguished by registered political parties.
  • (b) An election officer shall appoint the poll worker at least 15 days before the date of the local election.

• (2)
  • (a) The election officer shall appoint, or provide for the appointment of, at least three poll workers as follows:
    • (i) three registered voters; or
    • (ii) two registered voters, one of whom is at least 21 years old, and one individual who is 16 or 17 years old.
  • (b) The election officer may appoint additional poll workers to serve in the polling place as needed.

• (3) The election officer may not appoint any candidate’s parent, sibling, spouse, child, mother-in-law, father-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, daughter-in-law, or son-in-law to serve as a poll worker at a polling place where the candidate appears on the ballot.

• (4)
  • (a) The clerk shall compensate poll workers for their services.
  • (b) The clerk of a municipality or local district may not compensate poll workers at a rate higher than that paid by the county to the county’s poll workers.

Amended by Chapter 31, 2020 General Session