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§ 1-7.5-201. Appointment of Election Judges for Counting Mail Ballots

(1) If the county clerk and recorder or designated election official has mailed or delivered mail ballots to five hundred or more electors, the county clerk and recorder or designated election official shall appoint, in addition to the voter service and polling center judges appointed to staff voter service and polling centers described in section […]

§ 1-7.5-202. Hours a Counting Place Open for Receiving and Counting Mail Ballots

(1) The election officials at the counting place may receive and prepare for tabulation mail ballots delivered and turned over to them by the county clerk and recorder or designated election official. (2) Counting of the mail ballots may begin fifteen days prior to the election and shall continue until counting is completed. (3) The […]

§ 1-7.5-203. Delivery of Mail Ballots to Supervisor Judge

At any time during the fifteen days prior to and including the election day, the county clerk and recorder or designated election official shall deliver to the counting place judges all the mail ballot envelopes received up to that time in packages or in ballot boxes that are locked and secured with a numbered seal, […]

§ 1-7.5-204. Preparing to Count Mail Ballots – Rejections

(1) (a) Before opening any mail ballot, one of the receiving judges, in the presence of a majority of the receiving judges, shall inspect the self-affirmation on the return envelope. (b) The self-affirmation is valid if: (I) The self-affirmation was completed by the elector; (II) The self-affirmation was signed by the elector or, if the […]

§ 1-7.5-205. Counting Mail Ballots

(1) Mail ballots and any ballots cast at a voter service and polling center in lieu of a mail ballot must be counted after delivery of the ballots as provided in section 1-7.5-203 and after preparation of the ballots as provided in section 1-7.5-204. (2) Mail ballots must be counted in one of the following […]

§ 1-7.5-206. Paper Ballots or Electronic System

In political subdivisions using a ballot card electronic voting system, mail ballots may be cast on paper ballots or may be cast on ballot cards and counted by electronic voting equipment, or both methods may be used. Source: L. 2013: Entire part added, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 740, § 92, effective May 10.

§ 1-7.5-207. Voter Verification – Mail Ballot Information

Each county clerk and recorder shall provide electors, upon request, with information on whether the mail ballot cast by the elector was received by the county clerk and recorder, including an online mail ballot tracking system or response by other electronic or telephonic means. Source: L. 2013: Entire part added, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. […]

§ 1-7.5-208. Certificate of Mail Ballots Cast – Survey of Returns

(1) Repealed. (2) Upon the survey of the returns of the political subdivision by the board of canvassers formed pursuant to section 1-10-101 or 1-10-201, the board shall include in its abstract of votes the votes cast in the voter service and polling center and counted at the counting place in the manner provided for […]

§ 1-7.5-209. Preservation of Rejected Mail Ballots

All identification envelopes and mail ballots rejected by the election judges in accordance with section 1-7.5-204 must be returned to the designated election official. All mail ballots received by the county clerk and recorder or designated election official after 7 p.m. on the day of the election, together with the rejected mail ballots returned by […]