PART VI. PRECINCT OFFICIALS AND WATCHERS

 

§11-71  Precinct officials; precinctrequirements.  There shall be not less than three precinct officials foreach precinct one of whom shall be the chairperson; provided that in precinctswhere more than one voting unit has been established, there shall be threeprecinct officials for each unit.  The chairperson of precinct officials shallhave authority in all units of the precinct.

In all precincts, the chief election officermay assign additional precinct officials, at least one of whom may bedesignated a voter assistance official.

So far as reasonably practicable, excepting thechairperson, not more than fifty per cent of the precinct officials in anyprecinct shall be of the same political party. [L 1970, c 26, pt of §2; am L1973, c 217, §1(t); am L 1977, c 151, §1; gen ch 1993]