Election Official
Election Official: Any person who is involved with administering or conducting an election, including government personnel and temporary election workers.
Definition
Any person who is involved with administering or conducting an election, including government personnel and temporary election workers. This may include any county clerk and recorder, election judge, member of a canvassing board, central election official, election day worker, member of a board of county commissioners, member or secretary of a board of directors authorized to conduct public elections, representative of a governing body, or other person engaged in the performance of election duties as required by the election code.
Alternative Definitions
- Definition 2
1. Generally, a person responsible for overseei ng part of the election process, from a POLLWORKER to the state’s CHIEF ELECTION OFFICER. “‘Election official’ means an individual who is charged with any duties relati ng to the conduct of an election.” Wisc. St. §5.02(4e). Some states define the term with precision, e.g. “officers of elections, judges, voting machine operators, precinct and assistan t precinct registrars, and inspectors.” Tenn. Code §2-1-104(8). In Arkansas, a “person who is a member of the county board of election commissioners or a person who is a poll work er designated by a county board of election commissioners to be an election clerk, election judge, or election sheriff.” Ark. Code §7-1- 101(8). See also VOTING OFFICIAL. 2. In the 2007 VVSG, a “CENTRAL ELECTION OFFICIAL, ELECTION JUDGE, OR POLL WORKER.”