As Amended
SEC. 23-15-239. Training managers and alternates; compensation; notice and attendance.
(1) The commissioners of election of each county, in conjunction with the circuit clerk, shall sponsor and conduct, not less than five (5) days prior to each election, training sessions to instruct managers * * * as to their duties in the proper administration of the election and the operation of the polling place. No manager * * * shall serve in any election unless he has received such instructions once during the twelve (12) months immediately preceding the date upon which such election is held; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall prevent the appointment of an alternate manager to fill a vacancy in case of an emergency. The commissioners of election shall train a sufficient number of alternates to serve in the event a manager * * * is unable to serve for any reason.
(2) The board of supervisors, in their discretion, may compensate managers who attend such training sessions. The compensation shall be at a rate of not less than the federal hourly minimum wage nor more than Ten Dollars ($10.00) per hour. Managers shall not be compensated for more than two (2) hours of attendance at the training sessions regardless of the actual amount of time that they attended the training sessions.
(3) The time and location of the training sessions required pursuant to this section shall be announced to the general public by posting a notice thereof at the courthouse and by delivering a copy of the notice to the office of a newspaper having general circulation in the county five (5) days before the date upon which the training session is to be conducted. Persons who will serve as poll watchers for candidates and political parties, as well as members of the general public, shall be allowed to attend the sessions.
SOURCES: Laws, 1986, ch. 495, Sec. 68; 1989, ch. 396, Sec. 1,
eff from and after June 2, 1989 (the date on which the United States Attorney
General interposed no objections to the amendment of this section). Laws,
1995, ch. 429, Sec. 1, eff from and after August 4, 1995 (the date the
United States Attorney General interposed no objection to the amendment
of this section). Amended by Laws 1999, Ch. 441, Sec. 1, SB2579, eff from
and after effectuation under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965,
as amended and extended.
PREVIOUS VERSIONS: Pre-1999