AB 545

Currently, with certain exceptions, an election official who serves at a polling

place must be an elector of the ward or election district served by the polling place.

A special registration deputy who serves at a polling place may be an elector another

ward or election district within the municipality where the deputy serves. With

certain limitations, a pupil who is 16 or 17 years of age may serve as an election

official at the polling place serving his or her residence. A special voting deputy who

supervises voting at a nursing home, retirement home, or community-based

residential facility must be an elector of the municipality where the home or facility

is located. An official who serves at a polling place may be replaced in case of a

temporary vacancy by an individual who is an elector of a ward or election district

other than a ward or election district that is served by the polling place where the

individual serves. With certain limitations, a municipal clerk or deputy clerk who

resides outside of a municipality may also serve as an election official in that

municipality when required to fill a temporary vacancy.

This bill provides that an election official must be an elector of the county, or

one of the counties, where the municipality where the official serves is located.

Under the bill, a municipal clerk or deputy clerk who is an elector of this state may

continue to serve as an election official in case of a temporary vacancy without regard

to county residence. The bill permits a special voting deputy to be an elector of the

county, or one of the counties, where the municipality in which the deputy serves is

located. The bill also permits a pupil who is 16 or 17 years of age to serve as an

election official at a polling place serving any municipality located wholly or partly

within the county within which the pupil resides.