§ 13-15-104

13-15-104. Absentee ballot counting board. (1) The election administrator shall: (a) give special instructions to any absentee ballot counting board appointed under 13-15-112 on the proper procedures for counting the absentee ballots; and (b) provide the forms and supplies necessary for the board to perform its duties. (2) The absentee ballot counting board shall: (a) be in a room separate from where ballots are being cast; (b) at any time prior to the closing of the polls but no sooner than 1 day before election day, start the count of the absentee votes cast; and (c) follow the procedures outlined in 13-13-241 and 13-15-207 for the counting of the votes cast. (3) An election judge or other individual having access to any results of early counting is subject to 13-35-241. (4) The absentee ballot counting board shall take the oath and sign the affirmation specified in 13-15-207(4). History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 120, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 14, Ch. 298, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 53, Ch. 414, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 229, L. 2019.