§ 21-2-450. Opening of Polls; Procedure When Ballot Labels Misplaced; Certification by Managers; Machines to Be Locked Until Polls Open; Officers to Be Near Machines; Inspection of Machines; Broken Machines
In the precincts in which voting machines are used, the seals of the package furnished by the superintendent shall be publicly broken at the opening of the polls and such package shall be opened by the chief manager. One card of instructions, one notice of penalties, one voting rights poster, and not less than two […]
§ 21-2-451. Execution of Voter’s Certificate; Procedure Upon Qualification of Elector; Elector Unable to Sign Name; Voting Outside of Precinct of Residence; Registration Prerequisite to Voting
At every primary and election, each elector who desires to vote shall first execute a voter’s certificate and hand the same to the poll officer in charge of the electors list. When an elector has been found entitled to vote, the poll officer who examined his or her voter’s certificate shall sign his or her […]
§ 21-2-452. Admission of Electors to Enclosed Space; Voting Procedure Generally; Procedure as to Write-in Votes; Voting by Electors Whose Right to Vote Is Challenged; Disabled Voters
No elector shall enter the enclosed space behind the guardrail provided for in subsection (a) of Code Section 21-2-267 until he or she is found entitled to vote, after which he or she shall be admitted to the voting machine booth as soon as it is vacant and shall be permitted to vote. At primaries, […]
§ 21-2-453. Voter’s Certificate Binder as Constituting Official List; Separate Preservation and Return of Refused Applications
After each elector has been admitted to vote, his or her voter’s certificate shall be inserted in the binder provided therefor and known as the “voter’s certificate binder.” Such voter’s certificates so bound shall constitute the official list of electors voting at such primary or election. All voter’s certificates prepared by persons applying to vote […]
§ 21-2-454. Duties of Poll Officers After the Close of the Polls
As soon as the polls are closed and the last elector has voted, the poll officers shall immediately lock and seal the operating lever or mechanism of the machine so that the voting and counting mechanism will be prevented from operation, and they shall then sign a certificate stating: That the machine has been locked […]
§ 21-2-455. Canvass and Return of Votes
If the type of voting machine provided shall require the counters to be seen in order to enable the poll officers to canvass the vote, the poll officers, in the presence of all persons within the polling place, shall then make visible the registering counters and, for that purpose, shall unlock and open the doors, […]
§ 21-2-456. Form of General Return Sheet, Duplicate Return Sheets, and Statement; Posting of Vote Results; Delivery of Documents to Superintendent; Seal and Return of Electors List Upon Completion of Vote Count and Tabulation
The general return sheets, duplicate return sheets, and statement shall be printed to conform with the type of voting machine used and in form approved by the Secretary of State. The designating number and letter, if any, on the counter for each candidate shall be printed thereon opposite the candidate’s name. Immediately after the vote […]
§ 21-2-457. Removal, Storage, and Examination of Voting Machines After Completion of Vote Count
As soon as possible after the completion of the count in precincts in which voting machines are used, the superintendent shall have the voting machines removed to the place of storage provided for in this chapter. The voting machines shall remain locked against voting for the period of ten days next following each primary and […]