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

**[Puerto Rico]{.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 and qualified elector.                           |
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| *16 P.R. Laws Ann. § 3221 (Thomson/West 2006).*                       |
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| **[Age Requirement]{.underline}**                                     |
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| 18 years of age.                                                      |
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| *16 P.R. Laws Ann. § 3053 (Thomson/West 2006).*                       |
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| **[Residency Place and Term Required for Voter                        |
| Registration]{.underline}**                                           |
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| Must be domiciled on the island of Puerto Rico and a resident of the  |
| U.S. and of Puerto Rico.                                              |
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| *16 P.R. Laws Ann. § 3053 (Thomson/West 2006).* A person who is in    |
| Puerto Rico studying does not, by this fact, acquire electoral        |
| domicile in Puerto Rico. He could, however, acquire said domicile if  |
| he establishes a residence with his family and manifests his          |
| intention of remaining in Puerto Rico.                                |
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| *16 P.R. Laws Ann. § 3054 (Thomson/West 2006).*                       |
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| **[Residency Requirement for Service (State, County or                |
| Precinct)]{.underline}**                                              |
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| Municipality in which the polling place is established. Must be in    |
| possession of an Elector\'s Identification Card.                      |
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| *16 P.R. Laws Ann. § 3221 (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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| The central directing bodies of the political parties, independent    |
| candidates, or organizations, participating in an election may each   |
| appoint one inspector and his substitute. A third official may be     |
| designated as clerk in each polling place.                            |
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| *16 P.R. Laws Ann. § 3218 (Thomson/West 2006).*                       |
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| The parties that have coalesced shall only be entitled to appoint one |
| inspector, one substitute inspector, and one clerk for each polling   |
| place to represent said coalesced party.                              |
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| *16 P.R. Laws Ann. § 3218 (Thomson/West 2006).*                       |
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| The inspector of the principal majority party shall be the Chairman   |
| of the Polling Board. *16 P.R. Laws Ann. § 3223 (Thomson/West 2006).* |
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| The central directing bodies of the political parties, independent    |
| candidates or organizations participating in an election may delegate |
| their faculties to appoint polling officials to one or more municipal |
| directing bodies.                                                     |
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| *16 P.R. Laws Ann. § 3219 (Thomson/West 2006).*                       |
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| **[Term Requirements]{.underline}**                                   |
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| No Information Available                                              |
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| **[Compensation and Hour Requirements]{.underline}**                  |
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| Inspectors shall be at their respective polling places by seven       |
| o\'clock in the morning.                                              |
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| *16 P.R. Laws Ann. § 3227* *(Thomson/West 2006).*                     |
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| After the canvass is completed, the Poll Board shall return all the   |
| electoral material of such polling place to the Electoral Unit Board. |
| The Poll Board may not abandon their work without having concluded    |
| the work and canvassing procedures established in this subtitle,      |
| uninterruptedly.                                                      |
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| *16 P.R. Laws Ann. § 3266 (Thomson/West 2006).*                       |
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| **[Training, Certification and Oath Requirements]{.underline}**       |
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| Local Electoral Commissions must summon all the official and          |
| substitute polling place inspectors who are to serve at the election  |
| in their precinct, at least one day before election day, and show     |
| them samples of the ballots that are to be voted at their respective  |
| polling places, as well as samples of the tally sheets that are to be |
| used in canvassing the votes. An explanation should also be given as  |
| to the use of the various forms or samples and the materials for      |
| election, and the provisions of this subtitle which will govern their |
| actions.                                                              |
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| *16 P.R. Laws Ann. § 3224 (Thomson/West 2006).*                       |
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| Oath required.                                                        |
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| *16 P.R. Laws Ann. § 3221 (Thomson/West 2006).*                       |
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| **[Elected Public Officials Prohibited]{.underline}**                 |
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| Secretary of the Department of Justice, the Secretary of the          |
| Department of Education, the Secretary of the Department of the       |
| Treasury and the Police Superintendent are hereby prohibited from     |
| acting as a polling official in general elections, primaries, special |
| elections or status plebiscites.                                      |
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| *16 P.R. Laws Ann. § 524(7) (Thomson/West 2006).*                     |
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| **[Candidates Prohibited]{.underline}**                               |
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| No candidate for any elected public office in the election may work   |
| as a poll official.                                                   |
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| *16 P.R. Laws Ann. § 3221 (Thomson/West 2006).*                       |
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| **[The Effect of Felon Status on Participation]{.underline}**         |
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| No Constitutional or statutory prohibition found.                     |
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| **[The Effect of Mental Incapacitation on                             |
| Participation]{.underline}**                                          |
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| Prohibited if judicially determined to be mentally incompetent.       |
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| *16 P.R. Laws Ann. § 3073; 16 P.R. Laws Ann. § 3076, (Thomson/West    |
| 2006).*                                                               |
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| **[English Fluency and Literacy Requirement]{.underline}**            |
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| **[Good Reputation Requirement]{.underline}**                         |
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| **[Alternative Positions with Different Requirements]{.underline}**   |
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| **[Student Election Assistant Statute]{.underline}**                  |
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