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

**[Pennsylvania]{.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 qualified registered elector.                               |
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| *25 Pa. Consol. Stat. Ann § 2672(a) (Thomson/West 2006).*             |
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| **[Age Requirement]{.underline}**                                     |
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| 18 years of age on the day of the next election.                      |
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| *25 Pa. Consol. Stat. Ann § 1301(a) (Thomson/West 2006).*             |
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| **[Residency Place and Term Required for Voter                        |
| Registration]{.underline}**                                           |
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| Commonwealth and election district resident for at least 30 days      |
| preceding election.                                                   |
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| *25 Pa. Consol. Stat. Ann § 1301(a) (Thomson/West 2006).*             |
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| **[Residency Requirement for Service (State, County or                |
| Precinct)]{.underline}**                                              |
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| Election District.                                                    |
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| *25 Pa. Consol. Stat. Ann § 2672 (a) (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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| Judges and Inspectors are elected at municipal elections; clerks and  |
| machine operators are appointed by inspectors.                        |
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| The judge and inspectors of election of each election district shall  |
| be elected at the municipal election. Each elector may vote for one   |
| person as judge and for one person as inspector, and the person       |
| receiving the highest number of votes for judge shall be declared     |
| elected judge of election, the person receiving the highest number of |
| votes for inspector shall be declared elected majority inspector of   |
| election, and the person receiving the second highest number of votes |
| for inspector shall be declared elected minority inspector of         |
| election.                                                             |
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| *25 Pa. Consol. Stat. Ann § 2671 (Thomson/West 2006).*                |
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| Note: Legislation pending to spell out more detailed process.         |
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| *2005 PA H.B. 2830 (NS) (Thomson/West 2006).*                         |
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| Where voting machines are not used, each inspector shall appoint one  |
| clerk. Where a voting machine is used the minority inspector shall    |
| appoint one clerk. Where more than one voting machine is used, the    |
| minority inspector shall appoint one clerk and the county board of    |
| elections shall appoint, for each additional machine, one qualified   |
| registered elector of the county to serve as machine inspector. The   |
| qualifications of clerks and machine inspectors shall be the same as  |
| those for election officers.                                          |
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| *25 Pa. Consol. Stat. Ann § 2674 (Thomson/West 2006).*                |
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| **[Term Requirements]{.underline}**                                   |
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| The judge and inspectors of each election district are elected and    |
| hold office for 4 years.                                              |
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| *25 Pa. Consol. Stat. Ann § 2671 (Thomson/West 2006).*                |
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| No term requirements for clerks and machine inspectors.               |
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| *Commissioner Harry VanSickle, 2006.*                                 |
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| **[Compensation and Hour Requirements]{.underline}**                  |
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| Unless the county board of election establishes a different per diem  |
| rate of pay, judges receive between \$75 and \$200 per day,           |
| inspectors receive between \$75 and \$195 per day, and clerks and     |
| machine operators receive between \$70 and \$195 per day.             |
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| *25 Pa. Consol. Stat. Ann § 2682.2 (a) (Thomson/West 2006).*          |
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| \$20 extra for transmitting ballot boxes.                             |
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| *25 Pa. Consol. Stat. Ann § 2682.2 (c) (Thomson/West 2006).*          |
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| Part Time Possible,                                                   |
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| *25 Pa. Consol. Stat. Ann § 2682.2(b) (Thomson/West 2006).*           |
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| **[Training, Certification and Oath Requirements]{.underline}**       |
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| In districts in which voting machines are used, all judges,           |
| inspectors, and machine operators must be trained in the use of such  |
| machines and receive certification. Officials who are trained and     |
| receive a certificate are compensated with \$5; officials do not need |
| to attend the instruction if they previously received instruction and |
| were found qualified.                                                 |
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| *25 Pa. Consol. Stat. Ann § 2684 (Thomson/West 2006).*                |
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| Oath required.                                                        |
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| *25 Pa. Consol. Stat. Ann § 2676 (Thomson/West 2006).*                |
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| Training is not required for election clerks, but it is strongly      |
| suggested                                                             |
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| *Commissioner Harry VanSickle, 2006.*                                 |
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| **[Elected Public Officials Prohibited]{.underline}**                 |
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| No person shall be qualified to serve as an election officer who      |
| shall hold, or shall within two months have held, any office,         |
| appointment or employment in or under the Government of the United    |
| States or of this State or of any city or county or poor district, of |
| any municipal board, commission or trust in any city, save only       |
| district justices, notaries public and persons in the militia service |
| of the State.                                                         |
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| *25 Pa. Consol. Stat. Ann. § 2672(a); Pa. Const. Art. VII, §12        |
| (Thomson/West 2006).*                                                 |
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| **[Candidates Prohibited]{.underline}**                               |
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| Election officers are not eligible for any civil office to be voted   |
| for at a primary or election at which he shall serve, except that of  |
| an election officer.                                                  |
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| *25 Pa. Consol. Stat. Ann. § 2672(a) (Thomson/West 2006).*            |
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| **[The Effect of Felon Status on Participation]{.underline}**         |
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| Prohibited if confined in a penal institution for a felony conviction |
| within the last 5 years.                                              |
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| *25 Pa. Consol. Stat. Ann § 1301(a) (Thomson/West 2006).*             |
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| **[The Effect of Mental Incapacitation on                             |
| Participation]{.underline}**                                          |
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| No Constitutional or statutory disqualification found.                |
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| **[English Fluency and Literacy Requirement]{.underline}**            |
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| No Information Available.                                             |
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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}**   |
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| Overseers of Election.                                                |
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| Must be qualified to serve on an election board, but do not have to   |
| attend training. Two judicious sober and intelligent electors of the  |
| district who belong to different political parties. Five or more      |
| registered electors must petition that appointing overseers is a      |
| reasonable precaution to secure the purity and fairness of any        |
| primary or election in said district.                                 |
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| *25 Pa. Consol. Stat. Ann. § 2685 (Thomson/West 2006).*               |
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| **[Student Election Assistant Statute]{.underline}**                  |
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| County board of elections can appoint 2 students per precinct who     |
| must be:                                                              |
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| • at least 17 at the time of the election;                            |
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| • a resident of the county;                                           |
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| • enrolled in a secondary educational institution with exemplary      |
| academic record as determined by the educational institution;         |
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| • approved by the principal/director of the secondary educational     |
| institution; and                                                      |
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| • have obtained the consent of their parent or guardian; but          |
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| • Students cannot serve as a judge or inspector of elections.         |
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| *25 Pa. Consol. Stat. Ann. § 2672(b) (Thomson/West 2006).*            |
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