§ 26-2-124. Judge and clerk appointed by County Election Board - Terms - Parties to submit lists - Vacancies.

The county election board shall appoint two members of each precinct election board, to serve terms of four (4) years each.  No later than June 15, 1975, and every four (4) years thereafter, the county central committees of the two parties with the highest number of registered voters in the state, based on the latest January 15 registration report, shall submit a list of three nominees for each precinct to the county election board.  The county election board shall be confined to the list of nominees submitted by either party and shall appoint one member of each precinct election board from each party no later than July 1, 1975, and every four (4) years thereafter.  If no list is submitted by a county central committee for any precinct by the specified date, or if the nominees for a precinct are unable to serve, then the county election board shall appoint one member of said precinct election board from the ranks of said party within the precinct.  Terms shall begin July 1, 1975, and every four (4) years thereafter.  In the event of a vacancy, the county election board shall fill the unexpired term from the last list previously submitted by the county central committee.  If there is no prior list, then the vacancy shall be filled from within the ranks of the same party within the affected county.  The county election board shall designate one member as judge and the other as clerk for each precinct.

Added by Laws 1974, c. 153, § 2-124, operative Jan. 1, 1975.  Amended by Laws 1979, c. 240, § 4, emerg. eff. June 1, 1979; Laws 1998, c. 357, § 4, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.