There shall be appointed in each election precinct an election board which shall ordinarily consist of five precinct election officials. However, in precincts using only one voting machine at any one time, and in precincts voting by paper ballot where no more than three hundred fifty persons cast ballots in the last preceding similar election, the board shall consist of three precinct election officials; and in precincts using more than two voting machines one additional precinct election official may be appointed for each such additional machine. At the commissioner's discretion, additional precinct election officials may be appointed to work at any election. Double election boards may be appointed for any precinct as provided by chapter 51. Not more than a simple majority of the members of the election board in any precinct, or of the two combined boards in any precinct for which a double election board is appointed, shall be members of the same political party or organization if one or more registered voters of another party or organization are qualified and willing to serve on the board.
If double counting boards are not appointed for precincts using paper ballots and using only three precinct election officials, a fourth precinct election official shall be appointed from the election board panel to serve beginning at the time the polls close to assist in counting the paper ballots.
[C51, § 246, 248, 1111; R60, § 481, 483, 2027, 2030, 2031; C73, § 606, 1717, 1719; C97, § 1093, 2746, 2751, 2756; S13, § 2756; SS15, § 1087-a5, 1093; C24, § 559, 730, 731, 735, 4165, 4195, 4209, 4211; C27, § 559, 730, 731, 735, 4165, 4195, 4209, 4211-b2; C31, 35, § 559, 730, 731, 735, 4165, 4216-c10; C39, § 559, 730, 731, 735, 4165, 4216.10; C46, 50, § 43.31, 49.12, 49.13, 49.17, 49.19, 276.12, 277.10; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, § 43.31, 49.12, 49.13, 49.17, 275.19, 277.10; C75, 77, 79, 81, § 49.12]
87 Acts, ch 221, § 12; 88 Acts, ch 1119, § 15; 95 Acts, ch 67, §53
Referred to in § 49.14, 49.16, 49.18, 50.21, 50.22, 53.23
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