A. Not less than twenty-one days prior to the date for appointing members of election boards, the county clerk shall publish a notice once in a newspaper of general circulation to the effect that election boards are to be appointed for the specified number of precincts, stating the number of persons composing each board and that applications for the standby list will be accepted at the county clerk's office.
B. The county clerk shall then compile from the individual applicants a standby list of election board members. The persons on the standby list shall have the same qualifications and comply with the same requirements as provided for election board members.