Indiana Code Title 3. Elections § 3-12-4-4

Sec. 4. (a) Each county election board may employ clerical assistants if necessary for the proper canvassing and tabulating of the vote.  However, except as provided in subsection (d), not more than one-half ( 1/2 ) of the assistants employed by the board may be members of the same political party.

(b) The county election board shall appoint the number of two (2) member write-in teams that are necessary to examine and count write-in votes cast on ballot card voting systems on election night.  The county chairmen of the two (2) major political parties of a county shall each designate one (1) member of each write-in team.  The write-in teams are considered employees of the county canvassing board and must meet the qualifications of canvassing board employees.

(c) Except as provided in subsection (d), a county election board may not employ a person to assist with canvassing unless the person would be eligible to serve as a precinct election officer under IC 3-6-6-7.

(d) The county election board may, by unanimous vote of the entire membership of the board, employ a student to assist the board under this section if the student is:

A student appointed under this subsection must serve the board in a nonpartisan manner.