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

**[Oregon]{.underline}**[^1]

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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 an elector (registered).                                      |
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| *Or. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 246.310(4); Or. Const. Art II § 2 (1) (c)      |
| (Thomson/West 2006).*                                                 |
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| **[Age Requirement]{.underline}**                                     |
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| 18 years.                                                             |
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| *Or. Const. Art II § 2 (Thomson/West 2006).*                          |
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| An otherwise qualified individual who will turn 18 years old on or    |
| before the date of the election may register after the 60th day       |
| before the election.                                                  |
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| *Or. Rev. Stat. Ann § 247.015(2) (Thomson/West 2006).*                |
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| 16 years per rules in *Or. Admin. R. §165-018-0030*.                  |
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| *Or. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 246.310(4) (Thomson/West 2006).*               |
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| **[Residency Place and Term Required for Voter                        |
| Registration]{.underline}**                                           |
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| County and State.                                                     |
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| *Or. Const. Art. II, § 2(1) (b) (Thomson/West 2006).*                 |
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| No person shall be deemed to have gained, or lost a residence, by     |
| reason of his presence or absence...while a student of any Seminary   |
| of Learning.                                                          |
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| *Or. Const. Art. II. § 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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| *Or. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 246.310(4) (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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| Affiliation Considered.                                               |
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| A precinct\'s election board may not all be members of the same       |
| political party.                                                      |
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| *Or. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 246.310(4) (Thomson/West 2006).*               |
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| Not later than the 30th day before the primary election the county    |
| clerk shall appoint persons to serve on election boards.              |
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| *Or. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 246.310(1) (a) (Thomson/West 2006).*           |
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| Clerk must provide a copy of the list of appointees to each political |
| party within the county that is affiliated with a major political     |
| party. Any elector may file any objection or suggestion respecting    |
| the appointments and the county clerk must consider them.             |
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| *Or. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 246.320(1) & (2) (Thomson/West 2006).*         |
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| **[Term Requirements]{.underline}**                                   |
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| Two years.                                                            |
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| *Or. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 246.310(2) (Thomson/West 2006).*               |
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| **[Compensation and Hour Requirements]{.underline}**                  |
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| County fixes wage, which must be no less than the federal or state    |
| minimum wage, whichever is higher.                                    |
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| *Or. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 246.330(1) (Thomson/West 2006).*               |
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| Volunteers are permitted.                                             |
|                                                                       |
| *Or. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 246.330(2) (Thomson/West 2006).*               |
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| **[Training, Certification and Oath Requirements]{.underline}**       |
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| The county clerk arranges at least one meeting every two years.       |
| Instruction shall conform to rules, directives and instructions of    |
| the Secretary of State.                                               |
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| *Or. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 246.335(1) (Thomson/West 2006).*               |
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| All polling place elections shall be conducted following the          |
| requirements ORS Chapter 254 and the 1998 Election Board Manual.      |
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| *Or. Admin. R § 165-007-0030 (2) (Thomson/West 2006).*                |
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| Oath required                                                         |
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| *Or. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 254.275 (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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| No candidate, except candidate for precinct committeeperson. No       |
| candidate\'s spouse, child, son or daughter-in-law, parent, mother or |
| father-in-law, sibling, brother or sister-in-law, aunt, uncle, niece, |
| nephew, stepparent or stepchild, unless the candidate is for precinct |
| committeeperson and is the only such relative who is a candidate on   |
| the ballot.                                                           |
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| *Or. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 246.310(4) (Thomson/West 2006).*               |
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| **[The Effect of Felon Status on Participation]{.underline}**         |
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| Prohibited if convicted of a felony and serving a term of             |
| imprisonment in the custody of the department of corrections or if    |
| convicted of any crime and serving a term of imprisonment in any      |
| federal correctional institution, until discharged or paroled from    |
| imprisonment or conviction is set aside. Rights and privileges are    |
| restored automatically upon discharge or parole from imprisonment,    |
| but in the case of parole shall be automatically withdrawn upon a     |
| subsequent imprisonment for violation of the terms of the parole.     |
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| *Or. Const. art. II, § 2(1) (a); Or. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 137.281        |
| (Thomson/West 2006).*                                                 |
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| **[The Effect of Mental Incapacitation on                             |
| Participation]{.underline}**                                          |
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| A person suffering from a mental handicap is entitled to the full     |
| rights of an elector, if otherwise qualified, unless the person has   |
| been adjudicated incompetent to vote as provided by law.              |
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| *Or. Const. Art. II, §3 (Thomson/West 2006).*                         |
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| **[English Fluency and Literacy Requirement]{.underline}**            |
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| Must be able to read, write and speak English                         |
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| *Or. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 246.310(4) (Thomson/West 2006).*               |
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| **[Good Reputation Requirement]{.underline}**                         |
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| The county clerk shall appoint board clerks who have the necessary    |
| capacity and ability to carry out their functions with sufficient     |
| skill and dispatch.                                                   |
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| *Or. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 246.310(4) (Thomson/West 2006).*               |
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| **[Alternative Positions with Different Requirements]{.underline}**   |
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| No Information Available.                                             |
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| **[Student Election Assistant Statute]{.underline}**                  |
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| The Secretary of State shall adopt by rule standards under *Or.       |
| Admin. R. § 165-018-0030*, which county clerks may employ persons to  |
| serve as election board clerks who are not electors of the county but |
| who are residents of the county and who are at least 16 years of age. |
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| *Or. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 246.310(4) (Thomson/West 2006).*               |
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| [Election Board Workers Unregistered to Vote]{.underline}             |
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| -   All persons appointed to serve as an election board clerk under   |
|     this rule must meet the requirements of ORS 246.310(4) with the   |
|     exception of being an elector of the county.                      |
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| -   Persons appointed shall be at least 16 years of age and a         |
|     resident of the county.                                           |
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| -   No more than one non-elector may be appointed to an election      |
|     board.                                                            |
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| -   A non-elector appointed to an election board may serve in any     |
|     capacity except as chairperson.                                   |
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| -   A non-elector between the ages of 16 and 18 years of age must     |
|     have a valid work permit from the Oregon State Wage and Hour      |
|     Division. Employers must comply with the requirements of the      |
|     Oregon Bureau of Labor.                                           |
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| *Or. Admin. R. § 165-018-0030* *(Thomson/West 2006).*                 |
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[^1]: Oregon is a "Vote-by-Mail" state, and therefore uses very few poll
    workers.