Poll Officials

(1) Each county election commission shall appoint under the provisions of T.C.A.§2—4—105, for each precinct, an officer of elections, three judges, not less than two registrars, a poll book clerk, a ballot clerk, an application clerk, and one or more demonstration clerks. In computerized counties utilizing a voter signature list, a poll book clerk and application clerk may be omitted. In precincts with 500 registered voters or less, the ballot clerk and the pollbook clerk may be the same person and the application clerk and the demonstration clerk may be the same person. One of the judges should be of the same political party as the officer of election and two of the judges should be of the opposite political party. One registrar shall represent the majority party in the State of Tennessee, and one registrar shall represent the minority party in the State of Tennessee. The election commission shall appoint all workers in each precinct as equally as possible between the two major parties in the State of Tennessee. This requirement of political affiliation shall govern all elections, except such primary elections held by only one political party, whether partisan in nature or not. (2) The county election commission shall schedule, in advance of each election, a school for all workers at the polls. No person shall be certified to work at any poll on election day who has not previously attended a school. The county election commission may limit attendance at instructional meetings to only those persons who are inexperienced or otherwise need such training.