§ 402Qualifications of Election Officers

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), election officers
shall be qualified registered electors of the district in which
they are elected or appointed. No person shall be qualified to
serve as an election officer who shall hold, or shall within
two months have held, any office, appointment or employment in
or under the Government of the United States or of this State
or of any city or county or poor district, of any municipal
board, commission or trust in any city, save only district
justices, notaries public and persons in the militia service
of the State; nor shall any election officer be eligible to any
civil office to be voted for at a primary or election at which
he shall serve, except that of an election officer.
   (b) The county board may appoint students notwithstanding
their eligibility to vote to serve as a clerk or machine
inspector pursuant to the following:
   (1) The county board may appoint no more than two students
per precinct.
   (2) The judge of elections shall have direct supervision
of the student.
   (3) The county board may compensate the student.
   (4) The county board shall comply with all applicable
Federal and State laws.
   (5) The student must at the time of the election for which
the student shall serve:
   (i) be at least seventeen (17) years of age;
   (ii) be a United States citizen and a resident of the county
in which he was appointed to serve;

   (iii) be enrolled in a secondary educational institution
with an exemplary academic record as determined by the
educational institution;
   (iv) be approved by the principal or director of the
secondary educational institution; and
   (v) have obtained the consent of their parent or guardian.
   (6) The student may not serve as a judge of election or
majority or minority inspector.
   (402 amended Dec. 9, 2002, P.L.1246, No.150)