Section 17-10-2

Register or clerk designated absentee election manager; appointment, qualifications, duties, term and compensation of manager if register and clerk decline duties.

In each county there shall be an "absentee election manager," who shall fulfill the duties assigned by this chapter. The register of the county shall, at his option, be the absentee election manager. If the register declines such duties, the circuit clerk of the county, at his option, shall be the absentee election manager. If neither the register nor the circuit clerk of the county assumes the duties of absentee election manager, the presiding circuit judge shall thereupon appoint an absentee election manager, who shall be a person qualified by training and experience, who is a qualified elector of the county and who is not a candidate in the election to perform the duties assigned by this chapter. The presiding circuit judge shall designate the place or office where such duties shall be performed. Such place or office shall be open on the days and during the hours as that of the register prior to each election. Any person so appointed shall have all the powers, duties and responsibilities of the clerk or register for the purposes of this chapter, including the power to administer oaths. Such powers, duties and responsibilities shall terminate at the end of the day of the election. The absentee election manager, clerk, register or register in chancery shall be entitled to the same compensation for the performance of his duties as is provided in Section 17-10-14.

(Acts 1978, No. 616, p. 873, §1.)