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

**[Montana]{.underline}**

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| **[State Registration Requirement]{.underline}**                      |
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| **[(Exceptions may be found in Student Election Assistant             |
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| Must be registered elector.                                           |
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| *Mont. Code Ann. § 13-4-107(1) (Thomson/West 2006).*                  |
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| **[Age Requirement]{.underline}**                                     |
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| 18 years.                                                             |
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| *Mont. Code Ann. § 13-1-111(1) (b) (Thomson/West 2006).*              |
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| **[Residency Place and Term Required for Voter                        |
| Registration]{.underline}**                                           |
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| State and county resident for at least 30 days.                       |
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| *Mont. Code Ann. § 13-1-111(1) (c) (Thomson/West 2006).*              |
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| **[Residency Requirement for Service (State, County or                |
| Precinct)]{.underline}**                                              |
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| Precinct then County.                                                 |
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| Except if filling a vacancy when there the list is insufficient or if |
| one or more of the eligible political parties fails to submit a list, |
| the election administrator may randomly select, either by manual      |
| drawing or by computer, sufficient qualified county residents to fill |
| election judge vacancies in all precincts.                            |
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| *Mont. Code Ann. § 13-4-107(1); Mont. Code Ann. § 13-4-102(4)         |
| (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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| At least 30 days before the primary election in even-numbered years,  |
| the county governing body shall appoint three or more election judges |
| for each precinct, one of whom must be designated chief judge.        |
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| *Mont. Code Ann. § 13-4-101 (Thomson/West 2006).*                     |
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| Judges are chosen from lists of qualified registered electors for     |
| each precinct in the county, submitted at least 45 days before the    |
| primary election in even-numbered years by the county central         |
| committees of the political parties eligible to nominate candidates   |
| in the primary. All eligible political parties who submitted a list   |
| must have a judge appointed to represent that party. No more than the |
| number of election judges needed to obtain a simple majority may be   |
| appointed from the list of one political party in each precinct. If   |
| any of the political parties failed to submit a list, the governing   |
| body shall appoint judges so that all parties eligible to participate |
| in the primary are represented on each board.                         |
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| *Mont. Code Ann. § 13-4-102 (Thomson/West 2006).*                     |
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| **[Term Requirements]{.underline}**                                   |
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| The election judges continue to be judges of all elections held in    |
| their precincts until other judges are appointed.                     |
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| *Mont. Code Ann. § 13-4-103 (Thomson/West 2006).*                     |
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| **[Compensation and Hour Requirements]{.underline}**                  |
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| Part-time possible, but there must be three election judges present   |
| at all times while the polls are open. Election judges may not leave  |
| the polling place other than family emergency or illness.             |
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| *Mont. Code Ann. § 13-4-207 (Thomson/West 2006).*                     |
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| Paid at least federal minimum wage.                                   |
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| *Mont. Code Ann. § 13-4-106(1) (Thomson/West 2006).*                  |
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| Chief election judge may be paid at a rate higher than the other      |
| election judges.                                                      |
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| *Mont. Code Ann. § 13-4-106 (Thomson/West 2006).*                     |
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| **[Training, Certification and Oath Requirements]{.underline}**       |
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| Must attend training and receive a current certificate of training.   |
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| *Mont. Code Ann. § 13-4-102 & § 13-4-203 (Thomson/West 2006).*        |
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| Oath required.                                                        |
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| *Mont. Code Ann. § 13-4-105 (Thomson/West 2006).*                     |
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| **[Elected Public Officials Prohibited]{.underline}**                 |
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| No Information Available.                                             |
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| **[Candidates Prohibited]{.underline}**                               |
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| No election judge may be a candidate or a spouse, ascendant,          |
| descendant, brother, or sister of a candidate or a candidate\'s       |
| spouse or the spouse of any of these in an election precinct where    |
| the candidate\'s name appears on the ballot. However, this does not   |
| apply to candidates for precinct offices.                             |
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| *Mont. Code Ann. § 13-4-107 (Thomson/West 2006).*                     |
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| **[The Effect of Felon Status on Participation]{.underline}**         |
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| Prohibited while serving a sentence in a penal institution for a      |
| felony conviction.                                                    |
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| *Mont. Code Ann. § 13-1-111(2); Mont. Const. Art. IV, § 2             |
| (Thomson/West 2006).*                                                 |
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| **[The Effect of Mental Incapacitation on                             |
| Participation]{.underline}**                                          |
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| Prohibited if adjudicated to be of unsound mind, unless restored to   |
| capacity as provided by law.                                          |
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| *Mont. Code Ann. § 13-1-111(3); Mont. Const. Art. IV, § 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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| See Below                                                             |
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| **[Student Election Assistant Statute]{.underline}**                  |
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| \"Election worker\", as defined in administrative rules, means an     |
| individual designated to perform election support duties. Although    |
| this rule does not specifically allow for youth or student election   |
| assistants, it was intended in practice to allow county election      |
| administrators to employ these individuals as long as they are not    |
| performing statutory election judge duties.                           |
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| *Mont. Admin. R. § 44-3-2102(4) (Thomson/West 2006); Alan Miller,*    |
| *Elections Specialist, Montana Secretary of State's Office, 2006.*    |
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