Sec. 3. (a) Each county election board may appoint two (2) assistant poll clerks in each precinct.
(b) Each county chairman of a major political party of the county is entitled to nominate one (1) assistant poll clerk under section 9 of this chapter.
(c) Except as provided in subsection (d), the assistant poll clerks must be voters of the county.
(d) The county election board may permit a person who is not a voter to be an assistant poll clerk if the person is:
(1) at least sixteen (16) years of age, but not more than seventeen (17) years of age; and
(2) a resident of the county.