What’s the difference between Poll Worker & Poll Watcher?
Poll Worker:
Nonpartisan, Paid (Clerks, Judges, Inspectors, Checker, Precinct Worker)
Poll Watcher:
Partisan, Volunteer (Observers, Monitors, Challengers)
MISSOURI
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
To be a poll worker (Election Judge) You must be older than 17 years & 6 months, registered to vote in Missouri, declare party affiliation, a resident of the jurisdiction, complete required training,. Students 15-17 years old must have full time attendance in a Missouri school. Contact your Local Election Authority to apply.
HOW POLL WORKERS ARE CHOSEN:
For counties where the election authority is the county clerk, the county committee of each major political party submits a list of qualified persons to serve as election judges & the clerk appoints judges from the lists. For counties that have a board of elections, the county committee of each major political party submits a list of qualified persons & the board appoints judges from the lists.
POLL WATCHER INFO:
The chair of the county committee of each political party named on the ballot shall have the right to designate a challenger for each polling place, who may be present during the hours of voting, and a challenger for each location at which absentee ballots are counted, who may be present while the ballots are being prepared for counting and counted. All persons selected as challengers shall have the same qualifications required by section 115.085 for election judges, except that such challenger shall be a registered voter in the jurisdiction of the election authority for which the challenger is designated as a challenger.
Who may be admitted to the polling place: except election authority personnel, election judges, watchers and challengers, law enforcement officials at the request of election officials or in the line of duty, minor children under the age of eighteen accompanying an adult who is in the process of voting, international observers who have registered as such with the election authority, persons designated by the election authority to administer a simulated youth election for persons ineligible to vote because of their age, members of the news media who present identification satisfactory to the election judges and who are present only for the purpose of bona fide news coverage, provided that such coverage does not disclose how any voter cast the voter’s ballot on any question or candidate or in the case of a primary election on which party ballot they voted or does not interfere with the general conduct of the election as determined by the election judges or election authority, and registered voters who are eligible to vote at the polling place, no person shall be admitted to a polling place.
Who is Authorized to Challenge a Voter’s Eligibility on Election Day?
The identity or qualifications of any person offering to vote may be challenged by any election authority personnel, any registered voter, or any duly authorized challenger at the polling place.
Resources for Missouri:
- Retweetable Tweet with links for Missouri here.
- Shareable FB post & downloadable graphic here.
- GoogleDoc here.
POLL WORKER (and Poll Watcher) Requirements & links to sign-up in All 50 States, STATE BY STATE Including:
- QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
- HOW POLL WORKERS ARE CHOSEN
- POLL WATCHER INFO;
- Who is Authorised to Challenge a Voter’s Eligibility on Election Day?
- & Links to retweetable TWEETS & shareable FB Posts for each State
- Twitter THREAD with links here.
- Facebook shareable Album with downloadable graphics here.
- On the Postcards for America website here.
- On the Unhack the Vote Website here.
