**[Requirements for Serving as a Pollworker]{.underline}**

**[Florida]{.underline}**

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| **[State Registration Requirement]{.underline}**                      |
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| **[(Exceptions may be found in Student Election Assistant             |
| category)]{.underline}**                                              |
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| Must be a registered, qualified elector.                              |
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| *Fla. Stat. §102.012(2) (Thomson/West 2006).*                         |
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| **[Age Requirement]{.underline}**                                     |
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| 18 years or 17 and pre-registered                                     |
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| *Fla. Stat. §97.041(1) (b); Fla. Stat. §102.012(2) (Thomson/West      |
| 2006).*                                                               |
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| **[Residency Place and Term Required for Voter                        |
| Registration]{.underline}**                                           |
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| State and County residency.                                           |
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| Fla. Stat. §97.041 (1) (a) 3 & 4 (Thomson/West 2006).                 |
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| **[Residency Requirement for Service (State, County or                |
| Precinct)]{.underline}**                                              |
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| County.                                                               |
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| Fla. Stat. §102.012(2) (Thomson/West 2006).                           |
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| **[Affiliation with Political Party Requirement]{.underline}**        |
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| **[and Process for Nomination as Poll Worker]{.underline}**           |
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| No Affiliation Required.                                              |
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| At least 20 days before election the County Supervisor of Elections   |
| appoints Election Board, comprised of clerks and inspectors, for each |
| precinct.                                                             |
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| Fla. Stat. §102.012(1) (Thomson/West 2006).                           |
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| No election board can consist solely of members of one party, unless  |
| it\'s a primary where only one party has candidates on ballot, and    |
| then all workers may be members of that party.                        |
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| Fla. Stat. §102.012(2) (Thomson/West 2006).                           |
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| **[Term Requirements]{.underline}**                                   |
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| No Information Available                                              |
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| **[Compensation and Hour Requirements]{.underline}**                  |
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| 6:00 a.m. until at least 7:00 p.m. or until all voters in line at     |
| official poll closing have had an opportunity to vote and duties have |
| been discharged.                                                      |
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| *Fla. Stat. §100.011(1); Fla. Stat. §102.012(4) (Thomson/West 2006).* |
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| Compensation for precinct service required and determined by County   |
| Supervisors.                                                          |
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| *Fla. Stat. §102.021(1) (Thomson/West 2006).*                         |
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| Compensation for training available.                                  |
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| *Fla. Stat. §112.061 (Thomson/West 2006).*                            |
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| **[Training, Certification and Oath Requirements]{.underline}**       |
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| County Supervisor of Elections must provide training pursuant to      |
| uniform statewide training curriculum. Minimum 3 hours clerks & 2     |
| hours Inspectors. Clerks must demonstrate working knowledge of laws   |
| and procedures relating to voter registration, system operation,      |
| balloting and polling procedures, and conflict and problem resolution |
| skills.                                                               |
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| *Fla. Stat. §102.014(1), (4) (a) & (b) (Thomson/West 2006).*          |
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| Oath required                                                         |
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| *Fla. Stat. §102.012(1) (Thomson/West 2006).*                         |
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| **[Elected Public Officials Prohibited]{.underline}**                 |
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| No Information Available                                              |
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| **[Candidates Prohibited]{.underline}**                               |
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| Opposed candidates prohibited.                                        |
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| *Fla. Stat. §102.012(2) (Thomson/West 2006).*                         |
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| **[The Effect of Felon Status on Participation]{.underline}**         |
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| Prohibited if have been convicted of any felony by any court of       |
| record and not had his or her right to vote restored pursuant to law. |
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| *Fla. Stat. §97.041 (2) (b); Fla. Const. Art. VI, § 4 (Thomson/West   |
| 2006).*                                                               |
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| **[The Effect of Mental Incapacitation on                             |
| Participation]{.underline}**                                          |
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| Prohibited if adjudicated mentally incapacitated with respect to      |
| voting in any state, and right to vote has not been restored pursuant |
| to law.                                                               |
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| *Fla. Stat. §97.041 (2) (a); Fla. Const. Art. VI, § 4 (Thomson/West   |
| 2006).*                                                               |
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| **[English Fluency and Literacy Requirement]{.underline}**            |
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| Must read and write the English language.                             |
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| *Fla. Stat. §102.012(2) (Thomson/West 2006).*                         |
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| **[Good Reputation Requirement]{.underline}**                         |
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| No Information Available.                                             |
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  **[Alternative Positions with Different Requirements]{.underline}**

  No Information Available.

  **[Student Election Assistant Statute]{.underline}**

  No Information Available.
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