Section 17-17-21 – Disclosing or Removing Ballot; Interfering With or Influencing Elector; Remaining in Booth, Etc.
Section 17-17-21 Disclosing or removing ballot; interfering with or influencing elector; remaining in booth, etc. Any elector who takes or removes, or attempts to take or remove, any ballot from the polling place before the close of the polls; or any person who interferes with any elector when inside the polling place or when marking […]
Section 17-17-6 – Penalty for Failure to Purge Disqualified Electors.
Section 17-17-6 Penalty for failure to purge disqualified electors. Any member of the board of registrars who neglects or willfully refuses to perform the duties imposed by Section 17-4-3 shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class B misdemeanor. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §86.)
Section 17-17-22 – Official Refusing Watcher to Exercise Rights.
Section 17-17-22 Official refusing watcher to exercise rights. An official who refuses to allow any poll watcher to exercise his or her rights as a watcher, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C misdemeanor. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
Section 17-17-7 – Officers Not to Compare Poll List With Ballot.
Section 17-17-7 Officers not to compare poll list with ballot. Any inspector, clerk, watcher, or chair of an executive committee who compares the number on the poll list with the number of the ballot of any voter for the purpose of ascertaining how any voter voted, except in case of contest, shall be guilty, upon […]
Section 17-17-23 – Tampering With, Injuring, etc., Machines; Misuse; Unauthorized Possession of Keys.
Section 17-17-23 Tampering with, injuring, etc., machines; misuse; unauthorized possession of keys. Any election officer or other person, who shall tamper with, injure, or attempt to injure any electronic voting machine to be used or being used in an election, or who shall willfully misuse any such machine, or who shall prevent or attempt to […]
Section 17-16-7 – Reimbursing Counties for Election Expenses – Appropriation.
Section 17-16-7 Reimbursing counties for election expenses – Appropriation. There is hereby appropriated of any funds in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated such sum or sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of Sections 17-16-2 through 17-16-6. (Acts 1955, No. 160, p. 406, §6; §17-21-6; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, […]
Section 17-16-53 – Contest of Senator or Representative in Legislature – Costs Taxed.
Section 17-16-53 Contest of senator or representative in Legislature – Costs taxed. The package mailed by the clerk must be opened by the presiding officer and presented to the house over which he or she presides for such action as such house may deem proper. On the determination of the contest, the Secretary of the […]
Section 17-16-20 – Recounts Generally.
Section 17-16-20 Recounts generally. (a) When, in a general election, the election returns for any public office, including a judicial office, reflect that a candidate is defeated or any ballot statewide measure is defeated by not more than one half of one percent of the votes cast for the office, or the ballot measure, as […]
Section 17-16-54 – Contest of Election of Judge of Circuit or District Court – Procedure Generally.
Section 17-16-54 Contest of election of judge of circuit or district court – Procedure generally. If the contest is of an election to the office of judge of the circuit court or of the district court, the party contesting must file in the office of the judge of probate of the county of the residence […]
Section 17-16-21 – Recount Procedures.
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 […]