Indiana Code 3-6-6-37. Status of appointment of precinct election officer; expiration of appointment; may not serve as challenger, pollbook holder, or watcher; not lucrative office
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Sec. 37. (a) When the county election board (or a precinct election board acting on behalf of the county election board) appoints a precinct election officer and the individual accepts the appointment by swearing the oath of office required under this chapter, a contract is created between the county election board and the individual in which the county election board retains the services of the precinct election officer as an independent contractor.
(c) A precinct election officer is not entitled to receive credentials as a challenger, pollbook holder, or watcher. Except as provided in Ind. Code § 3-11-8-10.5, which permits a poll clerk to maintain a list of voters to make available to a watcher or pollbook holder, or under any provision of Ind. Code § 3-11-8 that permits a precinct election officer to challenge a voter as part of the official duties of the precinct election officer, a precinct election officer while serving as a precinct election officer may not perform the functions of a challenger, pollbook holder, or watcher.
(b) The appointment of a precinct election officer expires when the county election board completes the canvass of the precinct under Ind. Code § 3-12-4.
Terms Used In Indiana Code 3-6-6-37
- Clerk: means the clerk of the court or a person authorized to perform the clerk's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
(d) For purposes of Article 2, Section 9 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana, the position of precinct election officer is not a lucrative office.
As added by P.L.3-1995, SEC.18. Amended by P.L.230-2005, SEC.14; P.L.169-2015, SEC.10.