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17-8-7
Section 17-8-7 Poll watchers. (a) Except in the case of municipal elections, each political
party or organization having candidates nominated, by a writing submitted to the inspector
by the chair of the county executive committee or nominees for office or beat committeeman,
may appoint a watcher for each voting place. In the event of an election in which there are
no candidates, each political party, through a writing submitted to the inspector by the chair
of the county executive committee, may appoint a watcher for each voting place. (b) Watchers
shall have the right to: (1) Observe the conduct of the election. (2) Monitor the preliminaries
of opening the polls. (3) Remain at the polling place throughout the election until the results
of the election have been posted and the voting machines sealed, as provided by law. (4) Observe
the ballots as they are counted. (5) Observe absentee ballots and affidavits when they are
called during the count. (6) See all oaths administered and...
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17-12-8
Section 17-12-8 Count of votes to be sealed, certified, and delivered to sheriff; public inspection
of results. As soon as the ballots are counted, the inspectors shall ascertain the number
of votes received for each person and for what office and shall make a statement of the same
in writing, which statement shall be signed by them. They shall also certify in writing on
both the clerk's poll list and the voters' poll list, that the poll list is the poll list
of the voting places at which they were inspectors, the day and year on which the election
was held, and for what offices, which certificates shall be signed by them. The clerk's poll
list, as sealed and certified, shall be placed in the records of election containers to be
furnished for each voting place. The record of election containers shall be securely sealed
and delivered by the precinct returning officer to the sheriff as county returning officer.
No later than two hours after the polls are closed, the voting place election...
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11-46-35
Section 11-46-35 Watchers. (a) Each candidate may name a watcher for every polling place. As
used in this subsection, a polling place shall mean a location for ballot boxes or voting
machines, regardless of the number thereof. (b) The watcher, upon presentation of his or her
appointment in writing and being sworn faithfully to observe the rule of law prescribed for
the conduct of elections, shall be permitted to be present at the place where ballots are
cast from the time the polls are opened until the ballots are counted and certificates of
the result of the election are duly signed by the proper election officers. The function of
the watcher is to observe activities at the polling place. The watcher may not disturb voters,
attempt to influence voters, campaign, or display or wear any campaign material or buttons
while inside any polling place. (c) When paper ballots are used at the election, the watcher
shall be permitted to see the ballots as they are called during the count. (d)...
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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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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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11-16-22
Section 11-16-22 Preparation and disposition of certified statements of votes and poll lists.
Immediately on the closing of the polls, the inspectors must count the ballots and certify
the number of votes cast "For removal to _____" and the number of votes cast "Against
removal," and certify on one of the poll lists that such poll list is the poll list of
the election precinct or voting place at which they were inspectors and the day and year on
which said election was held, and they shall securely seal up such statements of the votes
and poll lists, together with the ballots cast in said election, in an envelope or other wrapper
or receptacle and label the same so as to show the precinct or ward in which said ballots
were cast and deliver the same to the returning officer, and said returning officer must,
within 24 hours thereafter, deliver the same to the said board of commissioners at the courthouse
of the county. (Code 1907, §194; Code 1923, §286; Code 1940, T. 12, §249.)...
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17-8-5
Section 17-8-5 Political parties furnish lists from which appointments are made. Each political
party or organization having made nominations, by the chair of its state or county executive
committee or nominees for office, may furnish the appointing board a list of names of recommended
poll workers from qualified electors for each voting place not later than 45 days before the
election. From the lists provided, one inspector and at least three clerks shall be appointed
for each voting place from members of opposing political parties, if practicable. If there
are more than two lists filed, the appointments shall be made from the lists presented by
the two political parties having received the highest number of votes in the state in the
next preceding regular election, if each of the parties presents a list. If no lists are furnished,
the appointing board shall appoint an inspector and at least three clerks for each voting
place from the qualified electors of the precinct from members of...
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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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17-9-13
Section 17-9-13 Voting assistance; time allowed to finish voting. (a) Any person who wishes
assistance in voting may receive assistance from any person the voter chooses except the voter's
employer, an agent of the employer, or an officer or agent of the voter's union. The voter
is not required to state a reason for requesting assistance. To obtain assistance, the voter
must specifically request assistance by naming the person from whom assistance is sought and
by signing in the appropriate column of the voters' poll list. The person providing assistance
shall legibly sign in the adjacent column on the same line as the assisted voter's name. By
signing the poll list, the assistant shall certify that he or she is not the voter's employer,
an agent of the employer, or an officer or agent of the voter's union. If the voter is unable
to sign the poll list, the person giving assistance shall write the voter's name in the appropriate
column and then sign his or her own name in the third...
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11-46-32
Section 11-46-32 Election supplies. (a) The mayor or other chief executive officer of the municipality
shall at the expense of the municipality procure and superintend and insure the delivery to
the election officers at each polling place within the corporate limits of the municipality
of the necessary election supplies and shall also procure and deliver or cause to be delivered
to the municipal clerk a sufficient number of the absentee ballots and the envelopes therefor
prescribed by general laws and other supplies needed for the handling of absentee ballots
in such election in the manner prescribed by general law. In the event the municipal clerk
is a candidate in the election, he or she shall immediately upon receipt of the absentee ballots
and other supplies deliver the same to the person appointed pursuant to Section 11-46-55 to
act in his or her stead. (b) When paper ballots are used, such supplies shall consist of:
At least 100 ballots for each 50 registered electors at each...
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