Sec. 37. (a) When the county election board (or a precinct election board acting on behalf of the county election board) appoints a precinct election officer and the individual accepts the appointment by swearing the oath of office required under this chapter, a contract is created between the county election board and the individual in which the county election board retains the services of the precinct election officer as an independent contractor.
(b) The appointment of a precinct election officer expires when the county election board completes the canvass of the precinct under IC 3-12-4.
(c) A precinct election officer is not entitled to receive credentials as a challenger, pollbook holder, or watcher. Except as provided in IC 3-11-8-10.5, which permits a poll clerk to maintain a list of voters to make available to a watcher or pollbook holder, or under any provision of IC 3-11-8 that permits a precinct election officer to challenge a voter as part of the official duties of the precinct election officer, a precinct election officer while serving as a precinct election officer may not perform the functions of a challenger, pollbook holder, or watcher.
(d) For purposes of Article 2, Section 9 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana, the position of precinct election officer is not a lucrative office.
As added by P.L.3-1995, SEC.18. Amended by P.L.230-2005, SEC.14; P.L.169-2015, SEC.10.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 6. Political Party and Election Officers
Chapter 6. Precinct Election Officers
3-6-6-1. Precinct Election Board; Members; Appointment; Chairman
3-6-6-2. Poll Clerks; Appointment
3-6-6-3. Assistant Poll Clerks; Appointment
3-6-6-4. Precincts for Which Assistant Clerks Appointed; Resolution
3-6-6-5. Election Sheriffs; Appointment
3-6-6-5.5. Precinct Election Officers in Vote Center Counties
3-6-6-6. Election Officers Entitled to Vote
3-6-6-7. Requirements for Election Officers and Inspectors
3-6-6-8. Inspector; Nomination by County Chairman
3-6-6-9. Election Officers; Nomination by County Chairmen
3-6-6-11. Appointment of Persons Nominated; Nonapplicability to Office of Precinct Inspector
3-6-6-12. Removal of Disqualified Precinct Election Officer
3-6-6-14. Filling Vacancy by Remaining Members
3-6-6-15. Notification of Appointment
3-6-6-16. Filling Vacancy; Approval or Nomination by County Chairman; Issuance of Credentials
3-6-6-17. Delivery of Office to Person Appointed by County Election Board
3-6-6-18. Inspector or Judge; Requirement of Oath
3-6-6-19. Taking and Administering Oath
3-6-6-20. Administering of Oath When No Authorized Person Present
3-6-6-22. Jurat of Person Administering Oath; Attachment of Oath to Poll List
3-6-6-23. Form of Oath for Precinct Election Officers
3-6-6-26. Additional Compensation for Inspector
3-6-6-27. County Executive to Fix Compensation; Exception
3-6-6-28. Eligibility for Compensation; Compliance With Certain Statutes
3-6-6-29. Determination of Good Cause for Violation of Ic 3-12-2-7
3-6-6-30. Duties of Precinct Election Board
3-6-6-31. Meals or Meal Allowances
3-6-6-32. Precincts Using Paper Ballots; Initialing and Giving Out Ballots; Duties of Clerks
3-6-6-33. Tallying Votes; Signing Returns or Other Certificates
3-6-6-34. Precincts Using Paper Ballots; Duties of Poll Clerks and Assistant Poll Clerks
3-6-6-35. Duties of Election Sheriffs
3-6-6-36. Law Enforcement Officers Prohibited From Polls
3-6-6-38. Omitted Precinct Election Officers; Vacancy in Office of Sheriff
3-6-6-38.5. Inspectors; Shared Location
3-6-6-39. Certain Students Serving as Election Officers and Assistants
3-6-6-40. Training Precinct Election Officers; Content of Training; Training Waiver