§ 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

Indiana § 3-6-6-37

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 6: POLITICAL PARTY AND ELECTION OFFICERS
• Ch. 6: Precinct Election Officers

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(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.
(b) The appointment of a precinct election officer expires when the
county election board completes the canvass of the precinct under IC 3-12-4.
(c) A precinct election officer is not entitled to receive credentials
as a challenger, pollbook holder, or watcher. Except as provided in IC 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 IC 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.
(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.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.3-1995, SEC.18. Amended by P.L.230-2005, SEC.14; P.L.169-2015, SEC.10.