Section 1-2-13 - Primary election; appointment of temporary additional clerks.

1-2-13. Primary election; appointment of temporary additional clerks.

Not less than twenty-eight days prior to the primary election, the county clerk shall appoint a temporary additional election clerk for each precinct in the county for any political party participating in that election when such temporary additional election clerk has been selected and his appointment requested in writing, signed by any group or groups of six candidates for such party's nomination for county offices in the county. No single candidate in such election shall join in more than one request for a temporary additional election clerk. Temporary additional election clerks shall serve without compensation and shall serve only for the primary election for which appointed. Temporary additional election clerks shall attend the county clerk's school for that primary election, execute a precinct board member's oath and otherwise meet the qualifications for a precinct board member.