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

**[Maine]{.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 voters.                                            |
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| *21-A Me. Rev. Stat. §501(3); 21-A Me. Rev. Stat. §503 (Thomson/West  |
| 2006).*                                                               |
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| **[Age Requirement]{.underline}**                                     |
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| 18 years                                                              |
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| *21-A Me. Rev. Stat. §111(2) (Thomson/West 2006).*                    |
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| **[Residency Place and Term Required for Voter                        |
| Registration]{.underline}**                                           |
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| Municipality.                                                         |
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| *21-A Me. Rev. Stat. §111(3) (Thomson/West 2006).*                    |
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| The residence of a person is that place where the person has          |
| established a fixed a principal home to which the person, whenever    |
| temporarily absent, intends to return.                                |
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| *21-A Me. Rev. Stat. §112(1) (Thomson/West 2006).*                    |
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| **[Residency Requirement for Service (State, County or                |
| Precinct)]{.underline}**                                              |
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| Municipality.                                                         |
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| Election officials, including wardens, ward clerks, deputy wardens    |
| and election clerks must be residents of the municipality, except     |
| when a nonresident municipal clerk (a permanent employee) is acting   |
| in any of the aforementioned roles.                                   |
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| *21-A Me. Rev. Stat. §501(3); 21-A Me. Rev. Stat. §503 (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 Requirements Depends on Role.                             |
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| Election officials, including wardens, ward clerks and deputy wardens |
| are appointed by the municipality, and not necessarily associated     |
| with a political party.                                               |
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| *21-A Me. Rev. Stat. § 501(1) & (2) (Thomson/West 2006).*             |
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| Election clerks are associated with political parties, and all        |
| nominations for election clerks must be submitted to municipal        |
| officers no later than April 1st of each general election year.       |
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| *21-A Me. Rev. Stat. § 503 (Thomson/West 2006).*                      |
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| Municipal officers shall appoint at least one election clerk from     |
| each of the major parties by May 1st. Election clerks from one major  |
| party may not exceed the number of election clerks from another major |
| party by more than one.                                               |
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| *21-A Me. Rev. Stat. §503(1) & (2) (A) (Thomson/West 2006).*          |
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| The municipal officers shall appoint at least one election clerk      |
| nominated by the municipal committee of a qualified minor party       |
| represented on the last general election ballot for each voting place |
| at the committee\'s request.                                          |
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| *21-A Me. Rev. Stat. § 503(2) (B) (Thomson/West 2006).*               |
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| Student election clerks may also be considered for appointment. If    |
| the municipal officers are unable to appoint a sufficient number of   |
| election clerks in the three ways listed above, they may appoint any  |
| other registered voter, as long as the balance between major          |
| political parties is maintained.                                      |
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| *21-A Me. Rev. Stat. § 503 (Thomson/West 2006).*                      |
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| **[Term Requirements]{.underline}**                                   |
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| An election clerk holds office for 2 years from the date of           |
| appointment and until a successor is appointed and qualified, except  |
| that an election clerk who is appointed to represent a qualified      |
| minor party represented on the last general election ballot holds     |
| office only for 2 years from the date of appointment.                 |
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| *21-A Me. Rev. Stat. § 503(7) (Thomson/West 2006).*                   |
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| **[Compensation and Hour Requirements]{.underline}**                  |
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| Presence required during the time the polls are open.                 |
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| *21-A Me. Rev. Stat. § 503(8) (Thomson/West 2006).*                   |
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| Election officials are entitled to reasonable compensation as         |
| determined by the municipal officers.                                 |
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| *21-A Me. Rev. Stat. § 503(1) (Thomson/West 2006).*                   |
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| **[Training, Certification and Oath Requirements]{.underline}**       |
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| The Secretary of State shall encourage municipalities to provide      |
| training biennially to all election officials.                        |
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| *21-A Me. Rev. Stat. §505(7) (Thomson/West 2006).*                    |
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| Oath required.                                                        |
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| *21-A Me. Rev. Stat. §503(6) (Thomson/West 2006).*                    |
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| **[Elected Public Officials Prohibited]{.underline}**                 |
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| No employee of a party may serve as an election official.             |
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| *21-A Me. Rev. Stat. §504(1).*                                        |
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| **[Candidates Prohibited]{.underline}**                               |
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| No candidate, member of his immediate family, or an employee of the   |
| candidate may serve as an election official in the electoral division |
| from which the candidate seeks election.                              |
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| *21-A Me. Rev. Stat. § 504(3) (Thomson/West 2006).*                   |
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| This does not apply to a candidate for warden or ward clerk or the    |
| immediate family of the candidate for warden or ward clerk.           |
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| *21-A Me. Rev. Stat. § 504(3) (A) (Thomson/West 2006).*               |
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| This does not apply to municipalities with a population of less than  |
| 500.                                                                  |
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| *21-A Me. Rev. Stat. § 504 (3) (B) (Thomson/West 2006).*              |
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| No person having a direct pecuniary interest in the result of a       |
| referendum question may serve as an election official.                |
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| *21-A Me. Rev. Stat. § 504(2) (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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| No Constitutional or statutory prohibition found.                     |
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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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| No Information Available.                                             |
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| **[Student Election Assistant Statute]{.underline}**                  |
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| The municipal officers may also consider persons who are 17 years of  |
| age to serve as student election clerks for a specific election. A    |
| student election clerk may perform all the functions of an election   |
| clerk.                                                                |
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| *21-A Me. Rev. Stat. §503(2) (C) (Thomson/West 2006).*                |
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