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

**[Delaware]{.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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| *15 Del. Code Ann. §4701(a) (Thomson/West 2006).*                     |
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| **[Age Requirement]{.underline}**                                     |
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| 18 years.                                                             |
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| *15 Del. Code Ann. §1701.*                                            |
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| College student exception- If under 18 must provide authorization     |
| signed by faculty member or school dean.                              |
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| *15 Del. Code Ann. §4701(a) (2) (Thomson/West 2006).*                 |
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| **[Residency Place and Term Required for Voter                        |
| Registration]{.underline}**                                           |
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| For purpose of election officer position must be a citizen and bona   |
| fide resident of the state.                                           |
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| *15 Del. Code Ann. §1701 (Thomson/West 2006).*                        |
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| A bona fide state resident is one \"who shall have been a resident    |
| thereof one year next preceding an election, and for the last three   |
| months a resident of the county, and for the last thirty days a       |
| resident of the election district.\"                                  |
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| *Del. Const., Art. 5, §2 (Thomson/West 2006).*                        |
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| **[Residency Requirement for Service (State, County or                |
| Precinct)]{.underline}**                                              |
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| District then County.                                                 |
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| Election District residency required unless insufficient numbers      |
| require appointments of county residents.                             |
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| *15 Del. Code Ann. §4701(a).*                                         |
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| \*College student exception- Delaware residents who are registered    |
| voters and who are enrolled as at least half-time students in         |
| colleges or universities within the respective county may be          |
| appointed as election officers for that county.                       |
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| *15 Del. Code Ann. §4701(a) (2) (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 county executive committee of each of the two principal political |
| parties shall submit no later than 2/1 of each general election year  |
| a list containing the names of 8 registered voters for each election  |
| district in the county. Election officers will be appointed from      |
| lists unless the names submitted are not sufficient, in which case    |
| the department of elections will make appointments first from         |
| election district and secondarily from representative district        |
| (county.) No more than bare majority of election officers may be from |
| same political party.                                                 |
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| *15 Del. Code Ann. §4701(a) (Thomson/West 2006).*                     |
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| **[Term Requirements]{.underline}**                                   |
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| During the month of April in each general election year each          |
| department shall appoint election officers and their term shall last  |
| from the day of their appointment to April 1st of the next general    |
| election year.                                                        |
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| 15 Del. Code Ann. §4701(b) (1) (Thomson/West 2006).                   |
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| **[Compensation and Hour Requirements]{.underline}**                  |
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| The compensation for Election Officers is set at the rates in effect  |
| as of January 1, 2005. These rates may be adjusted periodically as    |
| authorized in the State\'s Budget Act. Election Officers shall be     |
| paid \$15 for each day\'s service in performing any duty required on  |
| a day other than a day of an election except as otherwise provided in |
| this title. Election Officers required to attend an additional        |
| training session other than that required in § 4741 shall be paid     |
| \$25 for that training.\                                              |
| 15 Del. Code Ann. §4707 (Thomson/West 2006).                          |
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| **[Training, Certification and Oath Requirements]{.underline}**       |
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| The Departments of Elections shall train the appointed election       |
| officers on their duties. This training shall include instruction on  |
| applicable election law, the proper conduct of the election and       |
| operation of the voting machines.\                                    |
| 15 Del. Code Ann. §4741 (Thomson/West 2006).                          |
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| Oath required                                                         |
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| 15 Del. Code Ann. §4904 (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 Information Available.                                             |
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| **[The Effect of Felon Status on Participation]{.underline}**         |
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| Prohibited if convicted of a felony.                                  |
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| *15 Del. Code Ann. §1701 (Thomson/West 2006).*                        |
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| Prohibited for 10 years following conviction and sentence if          |
| convicted of election offense pursuant to Delaware Constitution       |
| Article V, § 7.                                                       |
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| *15 Del. Code Ann. §1701 (Thomson/West 2006).*                        |
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| Felons *other than* those who have been convicted of murder,          |
| manslaughter, certain sexual crimes, or offenses against offices of   |
| public administration such as bribery, can either seek a pardon or    |
| wait five years from the completion of their sentence for their       |
| rights to be restored.                                                |
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| *Del. Const., Art. 5, §2, ch. 2 (Thomson/West 2006).*                 |
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| *Note: There appears to be a conflict between the Delaware            |
| Constitution and the statute regarding whether felons may ever        |
| qualify to register to vote.*                                         |
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| **[The Effect of Mental Incapacitation on                             |
| Participation]{.underline}**                                          |
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| Prohibited if adjudged mentally incompetent.                          |
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| The term \"adjudged mentally incompetent\" refers to a specific       |
| finding in a judicial guardianship or equivalent proceeding, based on |
| clear and convincing evidence that the individual has a severe        |
| cognitive impairment which precludes exercise of basic voting         |
| judgment.                                                             |
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| 15 Del. Code Ann. §1701 (Thomson/West 2006).                          |
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| **[English Fluency and Literacy Requirement]{.underline}**            |
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| Must be able to read Delaware\'s Constitution in the English language |
| and write his or her name; but these requirements shall not apply to  |
| any person who by reason of physical disability shall be unable to    |
| comply therewith.                                                     |
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| Del. Const., Art. 5, §2, Cl. 1 (Thomson/West 2006).                   |
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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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| No Information Available.                                             |
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| **[Student Election Assistant Statute]{.underline}**                  |
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| County executive committee of each of the two principal political     |
| parties may nominate or the county Departments of Elections may       |
| recruit students if:                                                  |
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| • Delaware citizens;                                                  |
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| • full-time students;                                                 |
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| • at least 16 years of age on or before Nov. 1st in the year of a     |
| general election; and have                                            |
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| • an authorization signed by the person\'s parent or guardian as well |
| as the Principal of the school the student attends.                   |
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| *15 Del. Code Ann. §4701(a) (1) (Thomson/West 2006).*                 |
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| **[College Students Registered Out of County]{.underline}**           |
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| Counties may appoint Delaware residents who are registered voters,    |
| and who are enrolled as at least half-time students in colleges or    |
| universities within the respective county, as election officers for   |
| that county. If student is under eighteen 18 on or before the day of  |
| the general election, student shall present an authorization signed   |
| by a faculty member or dean of the school they attend, on the form    |
| promulgated by the Commissioner of Elections, to the respective       |
| county Departments of Elections prior to being appointed.             |
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| *15 Del. Code Ann. §4701(a) (2) (Thomson/West 2006).*                 |
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