R 168.218 Challengers serving in clerk offices.

Rule 18. (1) Challengers may be present at a clerk’s office only if the clerk’s office is open for business and during the period before an election when voters may request or return an absent voter ballot at the office. (2) A challenger serving at a clerk’s office shall make the challenger’s presence known to the clerk as provided in R 168.214(1). (3) A challenger serving at a clerk’s office may be present only in areas of the clerk’s office where an absent voter ballot may be requested. Nothing in these rules allows a challenger to be present in areas of the clerk’s office reserved for the clerk or employees of the clerk. (4) A challenger present at a clerk’s office shall not view the qualified voter file. (5) A challenger serving at a clerk’s office shall follow directions given to the challenger by election staff. (6) A challenger serving at a clerk’s office shall not observe the selections a voter makes on the voter’s absent voter ballot if that voter chooses to complete the absent voter ballot in the clerk’s office. (7) A challenger serving at a clerk’s office is bound by the same duties as a challenger serving at an Election Day polling place, early voting site, or absent voter ballot processing facility. (8) If a challenger photographs, or audio or video records at a clerk’s office other than as allowed by the act, the election inspector shall eject the individual from the location.