Idaho Senate passes bill excusing potential jurors who instead volunteer as poll workers
A new bill that would allow prospective jurors to get out of jury duty by instead volunteering as an election poll worker is heading to Gov. Brad Little’s desk for final consideration.
If passed into law, House Bill 560 would allow county clerks to submit a request to the jury commissioner and the court to offer potential jurors the opportunity to volunteer for election service as poll workers during the next county-led election in lieu of jury service.
Sen. Phil Hart, a Republican from Kellogg who sponsored the bill, said passing the bill would help increase the number of local poll workers.
“If the county clerk cannot find an adequate number of poll workers to put on a county election, that county clerk would have the option to reach out to the jury commissioner and try to find additional poll workers,” Hart said Monday. “If a potential juror decides, instead of serving on a jury he would rather work on a county election, that would relieve that potential jury member of his jury duty service for two years.”
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