Qualifications

In order to be a poll worker, you must:

• Be a registered voter
• Be able to speak, read, and write English
• Not appear on the current ballot or have a close relative appear on the current ballot
• Not hold elective office at the time of service as a poll worker

Exceptions to the elective office provision include:

• political party committee
• township office
• Board or commission member of a political subdivision or special district (unless an issue or candidate relevant to that entity is on the ballot where you are working)