(a) For each voting center where only one voting machine is to be used, the election officials shall consist of an inspector, a chief clerk, and two assistant clerks. For each voting center where more than one voting machine is to be used there shall be appointed one chief inspector who shall supervise the conduct of the other officials and the operation of the voting center, one inspector and one chief clerk, and for each voting machine to be used at such center there shall be appointed two assistant clerks. For each voting center where more than four voting machines are to be used there may be appointed two additional assistant clerks for each group of four voting machines or fraction thereof.
(b) The election officers provided for herein shall be appointed by the same officers that appoint other election officers as provided for in Section 17-13-48. They shall perform all duties imposed on election officers by the general law and in addition thereto the following duties: One of the election officers shall be assigned to each section of the voting list and such election officers shall issue to each elector at the time he or she checks the name off the list of qualified electors an identification card, which shall be presented to the assistant clerk in charge of the voting machine and surrender to him or her when the voter enters the voting machine. The identification cards shall each have printed on them the words voter identification card, and they shall contain a space in which shall be entered the signature of the election officer who delivers the card to the elector. The identification cards shall bear neither a number nor the name of the voter. Identification cards shall be procured by the same officer who procures other election supplies and shall be paid for from the same funds that the cost of other election supplies are paid.
(c) The assistant clerk in charge of the voting machine shall require that each voter sign at the machine a poll list before he or she is allowed to enter the machine to vote. A separate poll list of persons casting challenged votes shall be kept by the officials.
(d) The inspector shall certify on each statement of canvass form the total number of votes cast on all machines at the voting center and the total number of electors’ names recorded on the poll lists at such voting center. Election officers provided for by this article shall be compensated for their services in the same manner and at the same rates provided by law for election officers where voting machines are used.
(e) It shall be the duty of all election officials to see that order is maintained in the polling place. The inspector shall see that the returns are filled out for each voting machine as required by law and delivered to the proper officials, and that the records of the election relating to each machine are enclosed respectively in each machine, and that the list of qualified voters, challenged ballots, and one copy of each challenged oath and any other records relating to the election in general are enclosed in an appropriate voting machine.
Last modified: May 3, 2021