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

**[Michigan]{.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 registered.                                                   |
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| *Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.677(1); Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.346            |
| (Thomson/West 2006).*                                                 |
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| **[Age Requirement]{.underline}**                                     |
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| 18 years of age.                                                      |
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| *Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.492 (Thomson/West 2006).*                     |
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| **[Residency Place and Term Required for Voter                        |
| Registration]{.underline}**                                           |
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| Township, city, or village for 30 days before election.               |
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| *Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.492 (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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| To accommodate jurisdictions that cross county boundaries, an         |
| individual registered to vote in a local unit of government           |
| that falls in more than one county may be appointed to serve on any   |
| precinct board established within the local unit of government.       |
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| *Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.677(1) (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 Required.                                                 |
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| Not later than May 15 of each year, the county chair of the major     |
| political parties may submit to the city, township, or village clerks |
| in that county a list of individuals who are interested in serving as |
| an election inspector in that county, designating the city, township, |
| or village in which each individual on the list wishes to serve.      |
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| *Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.673a (Thomson/West 2006).*                    |
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| A major political party is each of the two parties whose candidate    |
| for the Secretary of State received the highest and second highest    |
| number of votes at the immediately preceding general election in      |
| which a Secretary of State was elected.                               |
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| *Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.16 (Thomson/West 2006).*                      |
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| Individuals wishing to serve must submit personal applications to     |
| relevant city, township or village clerk.                             |
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| *Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.677 (1) & (2) (Thomson/West 2006).*           |
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| Between 21 and 40 days before the election, the board of election     |
| commissioners appoints at least three qualified individuals to each   |
| precinct, designating one appointed                                   |
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| election inspector as chairperson. At least one election inspector is |
| appointed from each major political party and as nearly as possible   |
| an equal number of election inspectors is appointed in each election  |
| precinct from each major political party. The board of election       |
| commissioners may appoint election inspectors in an election precinct |
| from minor political parties.                                         |
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| *Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.674(2) (Thomson/West 2006).*                  |
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| A board of election commissioners shall not appoint a person as an    |
| election inspector if that person declares a political party          |
| preference for one political party but is a known active advocate of  |
| another political party.                                              |
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| *Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.674(2) (Thomson/West 2006).*                  |
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| **[Term Requirements]{.underline}**                                   |
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| An appointment to serve as a Pollworker expires after the conduct of  |
| the election at which the individual served.  New Pollworker          |
| appointments are made for each successive election.                   |
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| *Christopher M. Thomas, Director of Elections, 2006.*                 |
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| **[Compensation and Hour Requirements]{.underline}**                  |
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| Any person employed as an inspector of election, or in any other      |
| official capacity at any election, shall receive such reasonable      |
| compensation as may be allowed by the relevant governing county,      |
| township, city or village.                                            |
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| *Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.682 (Thomson/West 2006).*                     |
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| Pollworkers must be paid at least the prevailing minimum wage.        |
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| *Christopher M. Thomas, Director of Elections, 2006.*                 |
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| **[Training, Certification and Oath Requirements]{.underline}**       |
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| Individuals wishing to serve must submit personal applications to     |
| relevant city, township or village clerk.                             |
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| *Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.677 (1) & (2) (Thomson/West 2006).*           |
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| Inspectors must attend a county, city or township training school     |
| unless excused for good cause. No inspector of election shall serve   |
| in any election unless he shall have either attended an election      |
| school, or passed a secretary of state approved examination, within   |
| the last preceding 2 years.                                           |
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| *Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.683; 168.677(3) (Thomson/West 2006).*         |
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| **[Elected Public Officials Prohibited]{.underline}**                 |
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| An elected public official may serve as a Pollworker as long as he or |
| she does not appear on the ballot as a candidate for public office.   |
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| *Christopher M. Thomas, Director of Elections, 2006.*                 |
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| **[Candidates Prohibited]{.underline}**                               |
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| No candidates or any member of his or her immediate family.           |
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| *Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.677(3) (Thomson/West 2006).*                  |
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| Candidate for or delegates to a political party convention may be     |
| inspectors in precincts other than the precinct in which he or she    |
| resides.                                                              |
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| *Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.677(3) (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 or election crime.                |
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| *Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.677(3) (Thomson/West 2006).*                  |
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| A person shall not be knowingly appointed or permitted to act as a    |
| precinct election inspector if the person has been convicted of a     |
| felony or election crime.                                             |
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| *Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.677(3) (Thomson/West 2006).*                  |
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| **[The Effect of Mental Incapacitation on                             |
| Participation]{.underline}**                                          |
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| No statutory prohibition.\                                            |
| The legislature may by law exclude persons from voting because of     |
| mental incompetence.                                                  |
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| *Mich. Const. Art. 2, § 2 (Thomson/West 2006).*                       |
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| **[English Fluency and Literacy Requirement]{.underline}**            |
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| A precinct inspector shall have sufficient education and clerical     |
| ability to perform the duties of the office.                          |
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| *Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.677(1) (Thomson/West 2006).*                  |
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| **[Good Reputation Requirement]{.underline}**                         |
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| A precinct election inspector shall have a good reputation            |
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| *Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.677(1) (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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| • 16 or 17 years;                                                     |
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| • A resident of the county in which he or she serves or, in the case  |
| of a local unit of government that lies in more than 1 county, is a   |
| resident of the local unit of government in which the election is     |
| being held;                                                           |
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| • Before a person under this subsection may be appointed, the first 3 |
| members of the                                                        |
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| board required to be appointed must meet all requirements for         |
| appointment;                                                          |
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| • A person appointed under this subsection must meet all requirements |
| for appointment other than being a qualified and registered elector   |
| of the county in which he or she serves;                              |
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| • A person appointed under this subsection is not eligible to be      |
| designated as chairperson of the board.                               |
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| *Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.677(4) (Thomson/West 2006).*                  |
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