Section 17-8-1 Appointment of election officials; duties. (a) The appointing board, or a majority of them acting as an appointing board, not more than 20 nor less than 15 days before the holding of any election in their county, shall appoint from the qualified electors of the respective county, necessary precinct election officials, which shall […]
Section 17-8-10 Returning officer. The sheriff of each county or the person discharging the duties of such office is the returning officer for the county. The inspector for each voting place is charged with the duty of returning the ballots and sealed election materials from the voting place to the county returning officer. (Code 1876, […]
Section 17-8-11 Return of ballots in absence of inspector. If the inspector is not present at the hour appointed, the precinct election officials present shall select one of their number to return the ballots to the county returning officer. (Code 1876, §263; Code 1886, §356; Code 1896, §1592; Code 1907, §361; Code 1923, §451; Code […]
Section 17-8-12 Compensation of election officials. (a) The inspector and clerks shall each be entitled to base compensation of fifty dollars ($50). The compensation of the election officials shall be paid as preferred claims, out of monies in the county treasury not appropriated, on proper proof of service rendered. In all counties in which the […]
Section 17-8-13 Certain election officials excused from employment to perform election duties. (a) All laws to the contrary notwithstanding, any precinct election official appointed pursuant to Section 17-8-1 shall be excused from his or her employment without penalty of loss of time for election day only in order to perform the duties of the position […]
Section 17-8-14 Student interns. (a) The judge of probate in each county may appoint not more than two students for each precinct to serve as unpaid student interns during elections. To be appointed a student intern, a student must meet all of the following qualifications: (1) Be recommended by a principal or other school official, […]
Section 17-8-2 Notice of appointment. The judge of probate shall notify such inspector and clerk of their appointment by mail and publish a list of them in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county. Code 1907, §348; Code 1923, §438; Code 1940, T. 17, §121; §17-6-2; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. […]
Section 17-8-2.1 Political parties not included on ballot unless requirements met. THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED AND RENUMBERED AS SECTION 17-6-22 BY ACT 2006-570. (Acts 1982, No. 82-572, p. 1064, §§1, 2; Acts 1995, No. 95-786, p. 1872, §1; Act 2001-1131, 4th Sp. Sess., p. 1211, §2.)
Section 17-8-3 When officers ineligible to serve on appointing board. When the judge of probate, sheriff, or clerk of the circuit court is a candidate for election to any office at that election and has opposition named on the ballot, he or she shall not serve on the appointing board. The judge of probate, as […]
Section 17-8-4 Replacement of ineligible member of appointing board. Upon receiving the certificate provided for in Section 17-8-3, the remaining members of the appointing board shall forthwith and without delay appoint a qualified elector to take the place of each member of the appointing board who is a candidate for election, and shall cause the […]
Section 17-8-5 Political parties furnish lists from which appointments are made. (a) Each political party or organization having made nominations, by the chair of its state or county executive committee or nominees for office may furnish the appointing board a list of names of recommended precinct election officials from qualified electors for each county not […]
Section 17-8-6 Failure of election officials to attend. ion official to attend at the hour of 7:00 a.m., the precinct election officials as may be present may complete the number. If the inspector appointed is not present, the other precinct election officials present shall choose one of their number to serve as inspector and shall […]
Section 17-8-7 Poll watchers. (a) Except in the case of municipal elections, each political party or organization having candidates nominated, by a writing submitted to the inspector by the chair of the county executive committee or nominees for office or beat committeeman, may appoint a watcher for each voting place. In the event of an […]
Section 17-8-8 Oaths of election officials. Before entering upon their duties, precinct election officials must take an oath to perform their duties at the election according to law, and such oath may be administered by any person authorized by law to administer oaths or by any inspector. (Code 1852, §202; Code 1867, §244; Code 1876, […]
Section 17-8-9 Instruction of election officials. (a) Not less than five days before an election or primary election, the authority charged with holding the same shall cause to be held a school of instruction for those who will actually conduct the election or primary election at the polling places. The judge of probate shall notify […]
