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11-46-40
Section 11-46-40 Assistance of disabled electors generally. When paper ballots are used, any
elector applying to vote who shall state under oath to any of the inspectors (which oath may
be administered by any one of the inspectors) that by reason of his inability to write the
English language, or by reason of blindness or the loss of the use of his hand or hands he
is unable to prepare his ballot may have the assistance of any person he may select. In such
case, said elector must remain within the polling place, and the inspector shall send for
the person selected. If the person first selected cannot be found, then such elector may select
another person to assist him. The person so selected shall render said elector all such assistance
in the preparation of his ballot as he may require so that the ballot may be voted for the
candidate of his choice in the manner provided in this article. In cities of more than 3,000
inhabitants, the elector and the person selected to assist him shall...
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11-46-39
Section 11-46-39 Oath and identification of voters challenged; voting procedure where paper
ballots used. (a) Where paper ballots are used, the inspector, upon the elector's entering
the polling place, shall examine the list of qualified electors furnished by the clerk pursuant
to subsection (a) of Section 11-46-36, and, if it appears from this examination that the person
is a qualified elector of the state authorized to vote at that box, the inspector shall then
give the person one ballot on the stub of which the inspector shall write or shall have already
written his or her name or initials. If the person's name does not appear on the list of qualified
voters for that ward or box, the person may not vote except by provisional ballot. (b) In
cities of more than 3,000 inhabitants, each elector on receiving a ballot shall forthwith
and without leaving the polling place retire alone to one of the booths or compartments provided
for that purpose and there prepare the ballot in the manner...
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11-46-28
Section 11-46-28 Polling place hours; duties of election officers; challenger; deletion of
absentee voter applicants from voter list; preservation of order. (a) Every polling place
shall open for voting at 7:00 A.M. and shall close at 7:00 P.M. and shall remain open for
voting for not less than 12 consecutive hours. All polling places in areas operating on eastern
time may open and close under this section pursuant to eastern time. The election officers
at voting places shall meet at the respective places of holding elections for which they have
been appointed 30 minutes before the hour established by the municipal governing body to open
the polls and shall at the designated hour open the several polling places as designated and
keep them open without adjournment or recess until the hour established by the municipal governing
body to close the polls and no longer. (b) Any qualified elector entitled to vote at a polling
place who has identified himself or herself with the election...
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11-46-51
Section 11-46-51 Instruction of voters in use of machines; oath, etc., of disabled voters;
assistance of voters. (a) The election officers shall, with the aid of the diagrams authorized
by this article and the mechanically operated model, instruct each voter before he enters
the voting machine booth regarding the operation of the machine and shall give the voter opportunity
personally to operate the model. No voter shall be permitted to receive any assistance in
voting at any election, unless he shall first state in writing upon printed forms supplied
for that purpose and under oath or affirmation, which shall be administered to him by the
inspector, that he is blind or that he cannot read the names on the voting machines or that,
by reason of physical disability, he is unable to see the machine or prepare it for voting
or to enter the voting machine booth without assistance. The voter shall state the specific
physical disability which requires him to receive assistance. Thereupon the...
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45-4-111
Section 45-4-111 Electronic voting system authorized; requirements for use. (a) As used in
this section: (1) "Automatic tabulating equipment" shall mean apparatus which automatically
examines and counts votes recorded on paper ballots or ballot cards and tabulates the results.
(2) "Paper ballot" shall mean a printed paper ballot which conforms in layout and
format to the electronic voting system in use. (3) "Ballot card" shall mean a tabulating
card on which votes may be recorded. (4) "Ballot label" shall mean the cards, papers,
booklet, pages, or other material which contain the names of offices and candidates and statements
of measures to be voted on and which are used in conjunction with ballot cards. (5) "Ballot"
shall mean ballot cards or paper ballots. (6) "Counting center" shall mean one or
more locations selected and designated by the county commission or the municipal governing
body, as the case may be, for the automatic counting of ballots in the election. (7) "Electronic...
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11-46-68
Section 11-46-68 Miscellaneous offenses. (a) Any person who shall willfully fail or refuse
to perform or discharge any duty relating to absent voters required of him by this article
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, shall be fined not more than $100.00.
(b) Any person found drunk or intoxicated at or about any polling place during any municipal
election day is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than
$500.00 and may also be imprisoned in the county jail or sentenced to hard labor for the county
for not more than six months. (c) Any person who, at a municipal election, interferes with
any elector when inside the polling place or when marking the ballot, or unduly influences
or attempts to unduly influence any elector in the preparation of his ballot must, on conviction,
be fined not less than $10.00 nor more than $100.00. (d) Any person who, during or before
a municipal election, willfully removes, tears down, destroys, or defaces any...
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17-6-28
Section 17-6-28 Requirements for write-in votes. (a) Write-in votes shall be permitted only
in non-municipal general elections and shall be counted as provided in this section based
on one of the following: (1) Upon a determination that the number of write-in votes for a
specific office is greater than or equal to the difference in votes between the two candidates
receiving the greatest number of votes for the specific office. (2) Upon a written request
satisfying the requirements in subsection (i). (b) The ballot for a non-municipal general
election must be constructed so that the voter can mark a write-in vote for each office in
the same manner that votes are registered for regular candidates. In order to cast a valid
write-in vote, the voter must (1) write the name on the ballot and (2) register the vote by
a mark in the space designated for that office. A write-in vote that is not registered as
provided above shall not be considered a valid write-in vote and shall not be included...
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11-46-67
Section 11-46-67 Offenses of electors. (a) Any elector who takes or removes or attempts to
take or remove any ballot from the polling place at a municipal election before the close
of the polls or who remains longer than the time allowed by law in the booth or compartment
after being notified his or her time has expired must, on conviction, be fined not less than
ten dollars ($10) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100). (b) Any person who willfully makes
to the inspectors of a municipal election a false declaration asserting an inability to prepare
his or her ballot without assistance must, on conviction, be fined not less than fifty dollars
($50) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500). (c) Any qualified elector at any municipal
election who takes or receives any money or other valuable thing upon the condition that the
same shall be paid at any future time in exchange for the vote of such elector for any particular
candidate or the promise to vote for any particular candidate...
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11-46-62
Section 11-46-62 Offenses of inspectors. (a) Any inspector of an election who shall, without
challenging him, permit any person to vote in a municipal election knowing that he is not
a qualified elector shall be fined not less than $100.00. (b) Any inspector of an election
who shall willfully exclude any vote duly tendered and unchallenged in a municipal election,
knowing that the person offering the same is lawfully entitled to vote at such election, or
who shall willfully receive a vote from any person who has been duly challenged in relation
to his right to vote at such election, without exacting from such person such oath or other
proof of qualification as is required by law shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction,
shall be fined not less than $100.00 and may also be sentenced to hard labor for the county
for not more than six months. (c) Any inspector of a municipal election who willfully fails
or refuses to advise any elector entitled thereto that he is entitled to...
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17-10-2
Section 17-10-2 Provisional ballots; certification; tabulation; identification of ballots.
(a) A voter shall be required to cast a provisional ballot when: (1) The name of the individual
does not appear on the official list of eligible voters for the precinct or polling place
in which the individual seeks to vote, and the individual's registration cannot be verified
while at the polling place by the registrar or the judge of probate. (2) An inspector has
knowledge that the individual is not entitled to vote at that precinct and challenges the
individual. (3) The individual is required to comply with the voter identification provisions
of Section 17-10-1 but is unable to do so. If the voter's ballot becomes a provisional ballot
due to lack of identification, the identification, including the address and telephone number
of the voter, must be provided to the board of registrars no later than 5:00 p.m. on the Friday
following the election. If the voter fails to provide identification to...
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