TITLE 34

ELECTIONS

CHAPTER 11

CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS

34-1103.  Opening ballot boxes. (1) In the presence of bystanders the judges of elections shall break the sealed packages of election ballots and other supplies.

(2)  Before receiving any ballots the judges shall open and exhibit, close and lock the ballot boxes, and thereafter they shall not be removed from the polling place until all ballots are counted. They shall not be opened until the polls are closed unless the precinct is using a duplicate set of ballot boxes.

History:

[34-1103, added 1970, ch. 140, sec. 175, p. 351; am. 2013, ch. 285, sec. 5, p. 737.]