Section 17-9-21

Failure of election officials to serve; record of persons excused; filling vacancy when person excused.

This section shall apply only in counties in which voting machines are used.

Any election or primary election official who fails to serve at the polls, unless previously excused by the appointing board, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than $50.00 and not more than $1,000.00. The names of all persons excused from serving and the reasons for which they were excused shall be entered upon the records of the appointing board, which records shall be kept in the office of the probate judge for the length of the contest period after any election or primary election and shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable times.

In the event a person appointed as an election or primary election official is excused from serving or otherwise disqualifies himself, the vacancy created thereby shall be filled by the appointing board in the same manner that original appointments are made. However, if the vacancy occurs after the school of instruction for election officials has been held, the appointing board shall appoint a person who has received a certificate from a previous school of instruction.

(Acts 1949, No. 587, p. 913, §§1-3.)