Indiana § 3-6-6-7 Requirements for election officers and inspectors

Indiana Statutes

§ 3-6-6-7 — Requirements for election officers and inspectors

Indiana·Art. 6 POLITICAL PARTY AND ELECTION OFFICERS·Ch. 6 Precinct Election Officers

(a)An otherwise qualified person is eligible to serve as a precinct election officer unless any of the following apply:

(1)The person is unable to read, write, and speak the English language.

(2)The person has any property bet or wagered on the result of the election.

(3)The person is a candidate to be voted for at the election in the precinct, except as an unopposed candidate for a precinct committeeman or state convention delegate.

(4)The person is the spouse, parent, father-in-law, mother-in-law, child, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, brother, sister, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, uncle, aunt, nephew, or niece of a candidate or declared write-in candidate to be voted for at the election in that precinct. This subdivision disqualifies a person whose relationsh

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(a) An otherwise qualified person is eligible to
serve as a precinct election officer unless any of the following apply:
(1) The person is unable to read, write, and speak the English
language.
(2) The person has any property bet or wagered on the result of
the election.
(3) The person is a candidate to be voted for at the election in the
precinct, except as an unopposed candidate for a precinct
committeeman or state convention delegate.
(4) The person is the spouse, parent, father-in-law, mother-in-law,
child, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandparent, grandchild,
brother, sister, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, uncle, aunt, nephew,
or niece of a candidate or declared write-in candidate to be voted
for at the election in that precinct. This subdivision disqualifies a
person whose relationship to the candidate is the result of birth,
marriage, or adoption. This subdivision does not disqualify a
person from serving as a precinct election officer if the candidate
to whom the person is related is an unopposed candidate. For
purposes of this subdivision, an "unopposed candidate" includes
an individual whose nomination to an office at a primary election
is unopposed by any other candidate within the same political
party.
(5) The person did not attend training required by section 40 of
this chapter.
(b) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a), a person is not
eligible to serve as an inspector if the person is the chairman or
treasurer of the committee of a candidate whose name appears on the
ballot.
(c) The county election board may, upon the unanimous vote of the
entire membership of the county election board, adopt a resolution to
permit individuals who are:
(1) opposed candidates for precinct committeeman or state
convention delegate; or
(2) related, as described in subsection (a)(4), to opposed
candidates for precinct committeeman or state convention
delegate;
notwithstanding subsection (a)(3) and (a)(4), to serve as a precinct
election officer if the county election board finds that enough
individuals are not available to serve as precinct election officers if the
restrictions of those provisions are applied. A resolution adopted under
this subsection expires December 31 of the year that the resolution is
adopted.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citations: 3-1-5-1(c); 3-1-5-2(c);
3-1-5-8(b); 3-1-4-10(a) part, (b) part.]

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Legislative History

As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.3-1987, SEC.29; P.L.5-1989, SEC.8; P.L.4-1991, SEC.16; P.L.3-1993, SEC.18; P.L.11-1997, SEC.1; P.L.3-1997, SEC.40; P.L.199-2001, SEC.2; P.L.14-2004, SEC.9; P.L.227-2023, SEC.19.