The results of the vote by absentee balloting shall be announced simultaneously with the vote cast on election day; provided that absentee ballots received after 7:00 p.m. the day before the election shall be kept in a secured and sealed ballot box, and shall be announced after the five-business-day period for receiving absentee ballots.Derived from 1972 Code § 23-9-429 [Codes, 1942, § 3203-406; Laws, 1972, ch. 490, § 406; repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 341]; Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 213, eff. 1/1/1987.Amended by Laws, 2020, ch. 472, HB 1521,§ 2, eff. 7/8/2020.
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