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

**[Texas]{.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 a qualified voter.                                            |
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| *Tex. Elec. Code § 32.051(1) (a) & (c) (Thomson/West 2006).*          |
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| **[Age Requirement]{.underline}**                                     |
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| 18 years.                                                             |
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| *Tex. Elec. Code § 11.002(1) (Thomson/West 2006).*                    |
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| **[Residency Place and Term Required for Voter                        |
| Registration]{.underline}**                                           |
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| State resident for 30 days.                                           |
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| *Tex. Elec. Code § 11.002(5) (Thomson/West 2006).*                    |
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| **[Residency Requirement for Service (State, County or                |
| Precinct)]{.underline}**                                              |
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| Precinct if election judge, or county if precinct resident cannot be  |
| found.                                                                |
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| *Tex. Elec. Code § 32.051(a), (b), (c) (Thomson/West 2006).*          |
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| County if election clerk, or part of county or political subdivision  |
| if election is for only a part of the county or a political           |
| subdivision.                                                          |
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| *Tex. Elec. Code § 32.051(c) (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 elections]{.underline}:                                       |
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| The presiding judge and alternate presiding judge must be affiliated  |
| or aligned with different political parties.                          |
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| *Tex. Elec. Code § 32.002(c) (Thomson/West 2006).*                    |
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| The commissioners\' court will make appointments from lists           |
| submitted, before July of each year (may supplement until the 20th    |
| day before a general election or the 15th day before a special        |
| election), by the political parties whose candidate for governor      |
| received the highest or second highest number of votes in the county  |
| in the most recent gubernatorial general election. The presiding      |
| election judge will be from the party with the highest votes, and an  |
| alternate presiding judge from the party with the second highest      |
| votes.                                                                |
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| *Tex. Elec. Code §32.001(a); Tex. Elec. Code § 32.002(c), (d)         |
| (Thomson/West 2006).*                                                 |
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| The presiding judge appoints at least two clerks for each precinct in |
| each election, at least one from each list supplied by the county     |
| chairs of the two parties with the highest gubernatorial votes.       |
| Appointments are made not later than the fifth day after the date the |
| judge receives the list and shall deliver written notification of the |
| appointment to the appropriate county chair.\                         |
| *Tex. Elec. Code § 32.033(b); 32.034(b); Tex. Elec. Code § 32.034(d)  |
| (Thomson/West 2006).*                                                 |
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| In an election conducted by the regularly appointed presiding judge,  |
| the presiding judge shall appoint the alternate presiding judge as    |
| one of the clerks.                                                    |
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| *Tex. Elec. Code § §32.032 (Thomson/West 2006).*                      |
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| The clerks for general and special state and county elections are     |
| selected from different political parties if possible.                |
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| *Tex. Elec. Code § 32.034(a) (Thomson/West 2006).*                    |
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| If only one additional clerk is to be appointed for an election in    |
| which the alternate presiding judge will serve as a clerk, the clerk  |
| shall be appointed from the list of a political party with which      |
| neither the presiding judge nor the alternate judge is affiliated or  |
| aligned, if such a list is submitted. If two such lists are           |
| submitted, the presiding judge shall decide from which list the       |
| appointment will be made. If such a list is not submitted, the        |
| presiding judge is not required to make an appointment from any list. |
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| *Tex. Elec. Code § 32.034(c) (Thomson/West 2006).*                    |
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| If a presiding judge has not been appointed at the time the county    |
| chair of a political party is required to submit a list of names for  |
| the appointment of a clerk, the list of names shall be submitted to   |
| the county chair of the political party whose candidate for governor  |
| received the most votes in the precinct in the most recent            |
| gubernatorial election and to the commissioners court. The county     |
| chair, or the commissioners' court in a county without a county       |
| chair, shall appoint clerks from the list in the same manner provided |
| for a presiding judge to appoint clerks.                              |
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| *Tex. Elec. Code § 32.034(e) (Thomson/West 2006).*                    |
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| [Political subdivisions other than a County]{.underline}:             |
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| The governing body appoints judges and determines their term of       |
| service, which may not exceed two years.                              |
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| *Tex. Elec. Code §32.005 (Thomson/West 2006).*                        |
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| [Primaries]{.underline}:                                              |
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| The county chair of a political party holding a primary election      |
| appoints the judges for each precinct, with the approval of the       |
| county executive committee.                                           |
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| *Tex. Elec. Code §32.006(a) (Thomson/West 2006).*                     |
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| **[Term Requirements]{.underline}**                                   |
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| Judges serve for a term of one year beginning on August 1 following   |
| the appointment, except that the commissioners' court by order        |
| recorded in its minutes may provide for a term of two years.          |
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| *Tex. Elec. Code § 32.002(b) (Thomson/West 2006).*                    |
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| Appointment of an election clerk is for a single election only.       |
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| *Tex. Elec. Code § 32.031(b) (Thomson/West 2006).*                    |
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| **[Compensation and Hour Requirements]{.underline}**                  |
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| Part time possible for Clerks.                                        |
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| The presiding judge shall designate the working hours of election     |
| clerks serving.                                                       |
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| *Tex. Elec. Code § 32.072(a) (Thomson/West 2006).*                    |
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| Clerks may be assigned to work for different lengths of time and to   |
| begin work at different hours.                                        |
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| *Tex. Elec. Code § 32.072(b) (Thomson/West 2006).*                    |
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| Election judge or clerk is entitled to compensation for services      |
| rendered at a precinct polling place at an hourly rate, which amount  |
| must be at least the federal minimum hourly wage.                     |
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| *Tex. Elec. Code § 32.091(a) (Thomson/West 2006).*                    |
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| **[Training, Certification and Oath Requirements]{.underline}**       |
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| Secretary of State adopts standards of training in election law and   |
| procedure for presiding or alternate election judges. Standards may   |
| include required attendance at appropriate training programs or the   |
| passage of an examination at the end of a training program.           |
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| *Tex. Elec. Code § 32.111(a), (b) (Thomson/West 2006).*               |
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| Note: Secretary of State training guidelines are available at:        |
| <http://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/laws/ejccur.shtml>.             |
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| Training videos and election worker handbooks are also available      |
| through the Secretary of State.                                       |
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| **[Elected Public Officials Prohibited]{.underline}**                 |
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| A person who holds an elective public office is ineligible to serve   |
| as an election judge or clerk in an election.                         |
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| *Tex. Elec. Code § 32.052(a) (Thomson/West 2006).*                    |
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| A deputy or assistant serving under a public officer does not hold a  |
| public office.                                                        |
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| *Tex. Elec. Code § 32.052(b) (Thomson/West 2006).*                    |
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| **[Candidates Prohibited]{.underline}**                               |
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| No candidates for public office may serve.                            |
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| *Tex. Elec. Code § 32.053(a) (Thomson/West 2006).*                    |
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| Prohibited from serving if employed by or related within the second   |
| degree by consanguinity or affinity to an opposed candidate for a     |
| public office or the party office of county chair in the election.    |
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| *Tex. Elec. Code § 32.054(a) (Thomson/West 2006).*                    |
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| Prohibited from serving if campaign treasurer/campaign manager of a   |
| candidate in that election.                                           |
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| *Tex. Elec. Code §§ 32.055(a), 32.0551(a) (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 sentence is not fully         |
| discharged, including any term of incarceration, parole, or           |
| supervision or completion of a period of probation ordered by any     |
| court; unless pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting       |
| disability.                                                           |
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| *Tex. Elec. Code § 11.002(4) (Thomson/West 2006).*                    |
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| A person is ineligible to serve as an election judge or clerk in an   |
| election if the person has been finally convicted of an offense in    |
| connection with conduct directly attributable to an election.         |
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| *Tex. Elec. Code § 32.0552 (Thomson/West 2006).*                      |
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| Prohibited if convicted of any felony, subject to such exceptions as  |
| the Legislature may make. The legislature shall enact laws to exclude |
| from the right of suffrage persons who have been convicted of         |
| bribery, perjury, forgery, or other high crimes.                      |
|                                                                       |
| *Tex. Const. Art. VI, § 1 (3) (Thomson/West 2006).*                   |
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| **[The Effect of Mental Incapacitation on                             |
| Participation]{.underline}**                                          |
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| Prohibited if determined mentally incompetent by a final judgment of  |
| a court.                                                              |
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| *Tex. Elec. Code § 11.002(3) (Thomson/West 2006).*                    |
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| Prohibited if determined mentally incompetent by a court, subject to  |
| such exceptions as the Legislature may make.                          |
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| *Tex. Const. Art. VI, § 1 (2) (Thomson/West 2006).*                   |
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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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| Translators.                                                          |
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| The presiding judge of an election precinct subject to Section        |
| 272.002 shall make reasonable efforts to appoint a sufficient number  |
| of election clerks who are fluent in both English and Spanish to      |
| serve the needs of the Spanish-speaking voters of the precinct.       |
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| *Tex. Elec. Code § 272.009(a) (Thomson/West 2006).*                   |
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| If the number of election clerks appointed under Subsection (a) is    |
| insufficient to serve the needs of the Spanish-speaking voters in the |
| election, the authority appointing election judges for the election   |
| shall appoint at least one clerk who is fluent in both English and    |
| Spanish to serve at a central location to provide assistance for      |
| Spanish-speaking voters.                                              |
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| *Tex. Elec. Code § 272.009(b) (Thomson/West 2006).*                   |
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| **[Student Election Assistant Statute]{.underline}**                  |
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| No Information Available.                                             |
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[^1]: Eligibility requirements or grounds of ineligibility in addition
    to those prescribed by subchapter 32 of the election code may be
    prescribed by a home-rule city charter for election officers serving
    in elections ordered by an authority of the city.

    *Tex. Elec. Code § 32.056 (Thomson/West 2006).*