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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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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17-13-14
Section 17-13-14 Counting of ballots; materials to be sealed; delivery and retention
of materials; posting of certificate of result. (a) No ballot shall be counted until the polls
are closed; and, before counting any ballot or examining the same, the voters' poll list,
as provided in Section 17-9-15, shall be securely sealed in an envelope designated
to the appropriate political party chair and the inspector shall write his or her name across
every fold at which the envelope, if fastened, could be opened. After the counting of the
votes is finished and certificates of the result have been prepared and signed, the inspector
shall seal in a separate voted ballots container all the ballots cast at such election. The
following items shall be placed into a records of election container, which shall then be
securely sealed: (1) One certificate of the results. (2) The spoiled ballot envelope. (3)
Clerk's poll list. (4) All partial ballot pads. (5) Stubs of ballot pads. The inspector shall...

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17-16-1
Section 17-16-1 Preservation of voted ballot containers and records of election containers;
electronic voting specialists. (a) The voted ballot containers and records of election containers
shall remain sealed for the time provided by law for the filing of contests and then shall
have the seal broken only on the order of that body which, under the general provisions of
law, now has charge of and control over voted ballot containers and records of election containers
in that county, municipality, or other political subdivision. If, in the opinion of such body,
a contest has developed or is likely to develop, the containers shall remain sealed until
such time as ordered opened by the court hearing the contest, or until a final determination
of the contest. On the order of any court of competent jurisdiction or on the order of any
legislative body or governing body having jurisdiction over such election, the seal may be
broken for the purpose of proper investigation and when such...
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11-46-47
Section 11-46-47 Delivery, examination, and identification of keys to voting machines;
examination of counters, ballots, etc.; certification as to keys, counters, and ballots; opening
of machines and polls. (a) Whenever voting machines are used for municipal elections, the
key or keys to the voting machine or machines, still in the envelopes in which they were placed
when the machines were sealed for this election pursuant to subsection (b) of Section
11-46-33 and with the seals thereof unbroken and all other necessary election supplies shall
be delivered to the inspector of each poll at least 30 minutes before the time for opening
the polls. The inspector shall compare the number appearing on the envelope containing the
key or keys with the number shown in the protective counter, and, if these numbers are not
identical, he shall not break the seal on the envelope containing the keys, and he shall immediately
so notify the municipal clerk or his representative, who shall immediately...
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11-46-52
Section 11-46-52 Closing of polls; locking of machines; announcement of results; statements
of canvass; proclamation; disposition of voting materials. (a) When the time arrives for closing
the polls, all qualified voters who are then waiting within the voting room to vote shall
be permitted by the election officers to do so. As soon as the last voter has voted and the
poll closed, the election officials shall immediately lock the machines against voting. (b)
The election officials shall then sign a certificate stating that the machine was locked and
sealed, giving the exact time. Such certificate shall also state the number of voters shown
on the public counters, which shall be the total number of votes cast on such machine in that
ward, the number on the seal, and the number registered on the protective counter. (c) The
election officials shall then open the counting compartment in the presence of the watchers
and of at least one representative of any newspaper or press association...
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17-8-1
Section 17-8-1 Appointment of election officials; duties. (a) The appointing board,
or a majority of them acting as an appointing board, not more than 20 nor less than 15 days
before the holding of any election in their county, shall appoint from the qualified electors
of the respective precinct, necessary precinct election officials, which shall include at
least one inspector, to act at each voting place in each precinct. The appointing board may
appoint the number of precinct election officials necessary for each precinct, provided that,
absent consent of the county commission, the total number of precinct election officials appointed
in a county shall not exceed the total number of precinct election officials who were paid
by the county for the general election held November 2004. In the event that the number of
precincts or voting places utilized in an election within a county is increased or decreased,
the total number of officials who may be appointed without consent of the...
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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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11-46-33
Section 11-46-33 Duties of clerk as to voting machines. (a) Whenever voting machines
are to be used in any municipal election the municipal clerk shall: (1) Cause the proper ballot
labels to be placed on the voting machines; (2) Cause the machines to be placed in proper
working order for voting; (3) Examine all voting machines in the presence of authorized watchers
for any interested persons before they are sent out to the polling places; (4) See that all
the registering counters are set at zero; (5) Lock, in the presence of authorized watchers,
all voting machines so that the counting machinery cannot be operated; and (6) Seal each one
with a numbered seal, a list of which numbered seals and the number on the protective counters,
together with the number of the voting place to which it was sent shall be kept as a permanent
record in such clerk's office, open to any citizen. (b) The inspection and sealing of voting
machines shall begin not later than 9:00 A.M., of the Monday before any...
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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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