About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

1 Individuals Authorized to Serve as Appointed/Designated Poll Watchers or Challengers and Other Authorized Polling Place Observers 1 (2016)

handle is hein.scsl/iaupolwt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: NASS N ~ ~>i~ ofS~ ne~ofState Updated August 2016 Individuals Authorized to Serve as Appointed/Designated Poll State Watchers or Challengers and Other Authorized Polling Place Observers Individuals Authorized to Challenge a Voter's Eligibility on Election Day Alabama In general elections, a poll watcher must be appointed by the chairman An election inspector may challenge an individual's eligibility to of the party's county executive committee, or by a nominee, or by a vote. (Alabama Code 17-10-2) beat committeeman. Each watcher shall be a resident and qualified elector of the State of Alabama. Election officials, including returning officers, may not serve as poll watchers. (Alabama Code § 17-8-7). Alaska One or more persons may be appointed as a poll watcher for each Every election official shall question, and every watcher and any precinct or counting center for any election. Poll watchers are other person qualified to vote in the precinct may question, a appointed by: the precinct party committee where an organized person attempting to vote if the questioner has good reason to precinct committee exists; the district party committee where no suspect that the questioned person is not qualified under AS organized precinct committee exists; the state party chair where no 15.05. (Alaska Stat. § 15-15-210) precinct or district committee exists; candidates not representing a political party; organizations or organized groups that sponsor oppose an initiative, referendum or recall. A watcher must be a United States citizen. (Alaska Stat. § 15-10-170). Arizona The county chairman of each party may designate a party agent or Any qualified elector of the county may orally challenge a person representative and alternates for a polling place in the precinct who offering to vote as not qualified under section 16-121.01 or on may act as challengers for the party which appointed him. At each the ground that the person has voted before at that election. voting place, one challenger for each political party may be present. (Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 16-591) (Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 16-590) Arkansas Poll watchers shall include any: (1) candidate in person, but only during A poll watcher may challenge a voter on the grounds that the the counting and tabulation of ballots and the processing of absentee voter is not eligible to vote in the precinct or that the voter has ballots; (2) authorized representative of a candidate; (3) authorized previously voted at that election. (Ark. Code Ann. § 7-5-312) representative of a group seeking the passage or defeat of a measure on the ballot; and (4) authorized representative of a political party with a candidate on the ballot. Only one authorized poll watcher per candidate, group, or party at any one given time may be officially

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most