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

**[North Carolina]{.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 voter of the county where they serve.            |
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| *N.C. Gen. Stat. §163-41(a) (Thomson/West 2006).*                     |
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| **[Age Requirement]{.underline}**                                     |
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| 18 years.                                                             |
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| *N.C. Gen. Stat. §163-55 (Thomson/West 2006).*                        |
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| **[Residency Place and Term Required for Voter                        |
| Registration]{.underline}**                                           |
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| State and Precinct for a minimum of thirty days preceding election.   |
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| *N.C. Gen. Stat. §163-55 (Thomson/West 2006).*                        |
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| **[Residency Requirement for Service (State, County or                |
| Precinct)]{.underline}**                                              |
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| Precinct.                                                             |
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| Precinct resident given preference and will replace non-precinct      |
| resident if available. Majority must be precinct residents.           |
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| *N.C. Gen. Stat. §163-41(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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| Affiliation Generally Required.                                       |
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| County board makes appointments from lists submitted by party chairs  |
| no later than the fifth day before the date on which appointments are |
| to be made. Appointments are made at a meeting on the Tuesday         |
| following the third Monday in August. The county board shall assure,  |
| wherever possible, that no precinct has a chief judge and judges all  |
| of whom are registered with the same party. Not more than one         |
| precinct judge shall belong to same political party as chief judge.   |
| Where parties cannot find worker or a worker resigns, county board    |
| will appoint substitute to replace from the same party. However, the  |
| county may fill with unaffiliated workers or a worker of a different  |
| party if needed.                                                      |
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| *N.C. Gen. Stat. §163-41(a) (Thomson/West 2006); Don Wright, General  |
| Counsel, North Carolina State Board of Elections, 2006.*              |
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| **[Term Requirements]{.underline}**                                   |
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| Two years unless non-precinct resident appointed, in which case term  |
| ends when precinct resident of same party is appointed.               |
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| *N.C. Gen. Stat. §163-41(a) (Thomson/West 2006).*                     |
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| **[Compensation and Hour Requirements]{.underline}**                  |
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| State minimum wage for election day, however most counties pay more.  |
| Average election day pay for a precinct judge would be \$150, and for |
| a precinct worker \$100.                                              |
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| *N.C. Gen. Stat. §163-46 (Thomson/West 2006); Don Wright, General     |
| Counsel, North Carolina State Board of Elections, 2006.*              |
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| Required to remain at polling place until all election duties,        |
| including producing an unofficial vote count at the precinct, are     |
| complete.                                                             |
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| *N.C. Gen. Stat. §163-47 (Thomson/West 2006).*                        |
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| **[Training, Certification and Oath Requirements]{.underline}**       |
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| Training, exam & certification prescribed by State Board.             |
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| *N.C. Gen. Stat. §163-82.24 (Thomson/West 2006).*                     |
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| County board shall conduct mandatory, compensated instructional       |
| meeting.                                                              |
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| *N.C. Gen. Stat. §163-46 (Thomson/West 2006).*                        |
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| County board shall provide training on voting systems.                |
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| *8 NC ADC 4.0305 (Thomson/West 2006).*                                |
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| Tasks and duties outlined in 8 NC ADC 10B.0101                        |
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| Oath Required.                                                        |
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| *N.C. Gen. Stat. §163-41(a) (Thomson/West 2006).*                     |
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| Dereliction of duties may result in criminal consequences.            |
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| *N.C. Gen. Stat. §163-274; 8 NC ADC 10B.010 (Thomson/West 2006).*     |
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| **[Elected Public Officials Prohibited]{.underline}**                 |
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| No elected public official, officer for a political party or          |
| political organization, or manager or treasurer of a political party. |
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| *N.C. Gen. Stat. §163-41(a) (Thomson/West 2006).*                     |
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| **[Candidates Prohibited]{.underline}**                               |
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| No candidates or candidates\' spouses, parents, siblings, and         |
| children.                                                             |
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| *N.C. Gen. Stat. §163-41(a) (Thomson/West 2006).*                     |
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| **[The Effect of Felon Status on Participation]{.underline}**         |
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| Prohibited if adjudged guilty of a felony against North Carolina or   |
| the United States, or adjudged guilty of a felony in another state    |
| that also would be a felony if it had been committed in North         |
| Carolina, unless restored to the rights of citizenship in the manner  |
| prescribed by law. Citizenship is automatically restored to a felon   |
| upon that felon's discharge from custody, probation, or parole.       |
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| *N.C. Gen. Stat. §163-55 (a) (2); N.C. Const. Art. VI §2 (3); N.C.    |
| Gen. Stat. § 13-1(Thomson/West 2006).*                                |
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| **[The Effect of Mental Incapacitation on                             |
| Participation]{.underline}**                                          |
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| May be prohibited by an un-revoked adjudication of incompetence.      |
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| *N.C. Gen. Stat. § 122C-58 (Thomson/West 2006).*                      |
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| **[English Fluency and Literacy Requirement]{.underline}**            |
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| Must be able to read and write.                                       |
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| *N.C. Gen. Stat. §163-41(a) (Thomson/West 2006).*                     |
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| **[Good Reputation Requirement]{.underline}**                         |
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| Must be of good repute.                                               |
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| *N.C. Gen. Stat. §163-41(a) (Thomson/West 2006).*                     |
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| **[Alternative Positions with Different Requirements]{.underline}**   |
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| Assistants, unlike judges, may serve at the polls on Election Day     |
| less than the length of the full day of operations.                   |
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| *N.C. Gen. Stat. §163-42 (Thomson/West 2006); Don Wright, General     |
| Counsel, North Carolina State Board of Elections, 2006.*              |
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| Emergency Election Day Assistants, subject to the same qualifications |
| and eligibility of precinct officials and may be appointed by the     |
| county boards to serve as needed on election day at the polls         |
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| *N.C. Gen. Stat. §163-42 (Thomson/West 2006); Don Wright, General     |
| Counsel, North Carolina State Board of Elections, 2006.*              |
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| Ballot Counters, have the same general qualifications and eligibility |
| of precinct officials and may be appointed by the county boards to    |
| serve as needed counting ballots at the close of election day at the  |
| polls.                                                                |
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| *N.C. Gen. Stat. §163-43 (Thomson/West 2006); Don Wright, General     |
| Counsel, North Carolina State Board of Elections, 2006.*              |
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| Poll observers appointed by political parties are allowed in polling  |
| locations, and are not precinct officials and have no election        |
| jurisdiction or duties.                                               |
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| *N.C. Gen. Stat. §163-45 (Thomson/West 2006); Don Wright, General     |
| Counsel, North Carolina State Board of Elections, 2006.*              |
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| **[Student Election Assistant Statute]{.underline}**                  |
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| · 17 years                                                            |
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| · County residency                                                    |
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| · Enrolled in secondary educational institution or home-schooled      |
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| · Exemplary academic record.                                          |
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| · Principal recommendation                                            |
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| · Consent of parent or guardian. *N.C. Gen. Stat. §163-42.1           |
| (Thomson/West 2006).*                                                 |
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