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17-12-12
Section 17-12-12 Returns of election - Sealing, delivery, and disposition of records. After
completing and signing the certificate of result, the election officials shall seal the ballots,
certificates, and other records as follows: (1) Where precinct ballot counters are used: a.
The list of registered voters shall be delivered to the judge of probate for transmittal to
the board of registrars for use by the board of registrars in updating their records. b. The
ballot accounting certificate and the first copy of the certificates of result shall be placed
in an envelope addressed to the judge of probate who shall keep them for public inspection
or election contest, or both. c. All voted ballots shall be placed in a voted ballot box and
sealed. All spoiled ballots, unused ballots, and ballot stubs, one copy of the certificate
of results, and the clerk's poll list (already sealed in a separate envelope) shall be placed
in the records of election container which shall be sealed and signed...
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17-9-15
Section 17-9-15 Disposition of records and forms after close of polls. After the close of the
polls in all primary, special, general, and municipal elections held in the state, the records
and forms produced at the polling places shall be returned as follows: (1) The list of registered
voters, the affirmations of provisional voters, the statements of election officials challenging
provisional voters, and the voter reidentification forms shall be sealed in an envelope addressed
to the board of registrars and the inspectors and any poll watchers present shall sign across
the seal. The board of registrars shall hold the list of registered voters while using it
to update their voter histories in accordance with Article 2 of Chapter 4. A copy of the list
of registered voters shall be made a public record after the information specified in subdivision
(1) of subsection (b) of Section 17-4-33 has been redacted by the board of registrars. The
original and copies of the list shall then be...
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17-16-21
Section 17-16-21 Recount procedures. (a) Any person with standing to contest the election under
Sections 17-16-40 and 17-16-47 may petition the canvassing authority for a recount of any
or all precinct returns. The time period for requesting a recount begins with the production
of the certificate of result and ends 48 hours after the official canvass of county returns.
The canvassing authority is the canvassing board in general elections and the county executive
committee in a party primary. The petitioner must be prepared to pay the cost of the recount
and shall give security to cover these costs. The canvassing authority shall set the amount
of the security based upon an estimate of actual costs. The costs shall be kept to a minimum
by using county personnel or volunteer workers whenever possible. However, the recount must
be conducted under the supervision of a trained and certified precinct election official.
Representatives of opposing interests shall be given at least 24 hours'...
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17-3-60
Section 17-3-60 Clerical assistance for judge of probate and board of registrars. The judge
of probate may employ such assistants and clerical help as may be necessary to complete and
properly prepare reports from the state voter registration list of the list of qualified electors
which the judge of probate is required to furnish a certified copy to the election inspectors.
The judge of probate shall receive or such assistants shall be paid out of the county treasury
by warrants, drawn by the county commission on certificate of the judge of probate, accompanied
by the certificates of the person being paid, showing the amount due under the provisions
of this chapter, but the entire amount spent for the preparation of such lists shall not exceed
a sum equal to the amount obtained by multiplying the number of names on the list by five
cents ($.05) for the preparation of such list. The judge of probate in all counties having
a population of not less than 100,000 nor more than 350,000,...
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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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17-11-3
Section 17-11-3 Absentee balloting generally. (a) Any qualified elector of this state may apply
for and vote an absentee ballot by mail, by hand delivery, or by commercial carrier, as determined
by rule by the Secretary of State, as provided in Sections 17-11-5 and 17-11-9, in any primary,
general, special, or municipal election, if he or she makes application in writing therefor
not less than five days prior to the election in which he or she desires to vote and meets
one or more of the following requirements: (1) The person expects to be out of the county
or the state, or the municipality for municipal elections, on election day. (2) The person
has any physical illness or infirmity which prevents his or her attendance at the polls, whether
he or she is within or without the county on the day of the election. (3) The person expects
to work a shift which has at least 10 hours which coincide with the hours the polls are open
at his or her regular polling place. (4) The person is...
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11-46-61
Section 11-46-61 Offenses of election officers generally. (a) Any election officer appointed
as such by a municipal governing body who shall fail to attend a municipal election without
a lawful excuse shall, on conviction, be fined not more than $100.00. (b) Any election officer
who drinks any intoxicating liquors while any election is being held shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than $50.00. (c) Any election officer
who, without lawful excuse, neglects, fails, or refuses to perform any official duty prescribed
by this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, unless otherwise provided, and, on conviction,
shall be fined not less than $50.00. (d) Any election officer who discloses how any elector
voted shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, shall be fined not less than $100.00
nor more than $500.00, and may also be sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more
than six months. (e) If any election officer willfully...
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11-44E-3
Section 11-44E-3 Election of commission and mayor; term of office. (a) The expense for all
elections shall be paid by such city. The mayor and all commission candidates shall qualify
as provided in Sections 11-44E-71 and 11-44E-72, respectively, and shall have the qualifications
and eligibility set forth in this chapter. Under applicable laws for the election of commissioners
to the commission, the mayor, within the scope of this chapter, shall provide for an election
to be held on the second Tuesday in July, 1991, and every two years thereafter for the positions
of associate commissioners in the manner herein provided. Upon the adoption of such form of
government and approval by the Justice Department, the mayor shall call an election, to be
governed by this chapter, to be held no later than the second Tuesday in July, 1991, and every
four years thereafter for the positions of associate commissioner for Districts 2, 4, and
6 for four-year terms. Associate commissioners for Districts 1...
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45-31-110.04
Section 45-31-110.04 Voting machines; election officers. The county governing body shall determine
the number of voting machines deemed necessary to serve adequately the voters at an election,
taking into consideration the nature or character of the election; provided, however, that
at each election there shall be maintained at each voting center at least one voting machine
for each 600 voting electors, or fraction thereof, residing in the territory served by the
voting center designated for the territory. At least 20 days prior to the time when the election
officers for an election are required to be appointed, the county governing body shall in
writing inform the officers whose duty it is to appoint the election officers of the number
of voting machines which shall be maintained at the respective voting centers during the forthcoming
election; and the officers whose duty it is to appoint election officers shall appoint the
number of election officers for the respective voting centers...
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11-46-29
Section 11-46-29 Appointment of election officers upon failure of others to attend polls. On
the failure of any person who has been duly appointed an election officer to attend the polls
at the hour prescribed for his attendance, such of the election officers appointed for that
voting box or machine as are present may appoint such election officers as are needed to complete
the number of election officials for the box or machine. All persons so appointed shall be
qualified electors who are entitled to vote at that polling place. Should all the appointed
election officers fail to be present at a polling place by the hour prescribed on election
day, then any three qualified electors who are entitled by law to vote at that polling place
at the election then to be held may open the polls, act as three of the election officers
for such box or machine and appoint such other officers as are required to fill the place
of those absent; provided, that every person so appointed shall be a...
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