CHAPTER 12-19
ABSENTEE VOTING
12-19-1 Absentee ballot--Persons entitled to vote.
12-19-1.1 Affirmation of address by voter in inactive registration file.
12-19-1.2 Time for absentee voting.
12-19-1.3 Prefilled absentee ballot application prohibited--Exceptions.
12-19-2 Application for absentee ballot--Contents--Address to which ballot sent--Stamping date of receipt--Delivery.
12-19-2.1 Application in person or by authorized messenger--Delivery of ballot to messenger or by mail.
12-19-2.2 Authorized messenger for more than one voter--Record.
12-19-2.3 Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act--Application or request for absentee ballot.
12-19-2.4 Multiple applications or requests for ballots and multiple ballots--Application.
12-19-2.5 Form of application, envelope--Promulgation of rules.
12-19-2.6 Preference and selection of ballot style for independent in primary election.
12-19-3 Forwarding of ballot to voter--Instructions and return envelope.
12-19-4 Voter's statement on return envelope--Federal service voting forms--Promulgation of rules.
12-19-5 Mailing of ballots and enclosures to voter--Free air mail for federal service voters--Last day to mail absentee ballot.
12-19-6 12-19-6. Repealed by SL 1970, ch 91, § 4.
12-19-7 Marking and folding ballot--Officer before whom marked--Mailing or delivering ballot.
12-19-7.1 Candidates and election officials not to serve as authorized messenger--Violation as misdemeanor.
12-19-7.2 Display of campaign material by messenger as misdemeanor.
12-19-8 12-19-8. Repealed by SL 1971, ch 93, § 2.
12-19-9 Delivery of absentee ballot--Personal delivery when transmission time insufficient--Receipt.
12-19-9.1 Nursing facility, assisted living center, or hospital having multiple absentee ballot requests--Promulgation of rules.
12-19-9.2 Disqualifying factors--Marking and return of ballot before poll opening.
12-19-9.3 Ballot drop boxes prohibited--Exclusions--Promulgation of rules--Violation as misdemeanor.
12-19-10 Preservation and delivery of ballot to precinct superintendent--Comparison of statement and application--Deposit in ballot box--Unopened ballots--Unauthorized examination or created record as misdemeanor.
12-19-10.1 County auditor validation of absentee ballot signatures--Violation as misdemeanor.
12-19-11 Preservation and return of application and return envelope.
12-19-12 Delivery of absentee ballots after close of polls.
12-19-13 12-19-13. Repealed by SL 1996, ch 94, § 31.
12-19-14 Unlawful disposition of ballot or ballot link--Violation as misdemeanor.
12-19-15 12-19-15 to 12-19-22. Repealed by SL 1974, ch 118, § 200.
12-19-23 12-19-23. Repealed by SL 1971, ch 87, § 6.
12-19-24 12-19-24 to 12-19-31. Repealed by SL 1974, ch 118, § 200.
12-19-32 Ballot not invalidated by federal censorship.
12-19-33 Failure to deliver or tampering with ballot as felony.
12-19-34 Informalities do not invalidate election--Liberal construction.
12-19-35 12-19-35, 12-19-36. Repealed by SL 1974, ch 118, § 200.
12-19-37 Absentee ballot precincts--Creation--Absentee ballot counting board.
12-19-38 Appointment of absentee ballot counting board--Number of members.
12-19-39 Oath of board members--Compensation.
12-19-40 12-19-40. Repealed by SL 1982, ch 130.
12-19-41 Powers and duties of absentee ballot counting board.
12-19-42 Envelope containing voted ballots kept closed--Delivery to county board.
12-19-43 Review--Sorting--Processing--Absentee Ballots.
12-19-44 Counting process open--Reasonable distance kept by observers--Records associating voter with ballot prohibited--Violation as misdemeanor.
12-19-45 Record of applicants' names, addresses, and voting precincts--Delivery to counting board--Record of authorized messengers.
12-19-46 Commencement of count when polls close--Place.
12-19-47 Processing of absentee ballots.
12-19-48 Repealed.
12-19-49 Repealed.
12-19-50 Forms for recording tally--Special pollbook--Tally added to home precinct totals.
12-19-51 12-19-51. Repealed by SL 1996, ch 94, § 32.
12-19-52 Electronic voting systems.
12-19-53 Contracting for services of county auditor from another county.
12-19-54 Payment for assisting voters based on number of voters assisted prohibited--Violation as misdemeanor.
12-19-55 Receipt of payment for assisting voters based on number of voters assisted prohibited--Violation as misdemeanor.