13-19-106. General requirements for mail ballot election. A mail ballot election must be conducted substantially as follows:
     (1) Official ballots must be prepared and all other initial procedures followed as otherwise provided by law, except that mail ballots are not required to have stubs.
     (2) An official ballot must be mailed to every qualified elector of the political subdivision conducting the election.
     (3) The elector shall mark the ballot at home and place it in a secrecy envelope.
     (4) The elector shall then place the secrecy envelope containing his ballot in a return/verification envelope and shall return it by mailing it or delivering it in person to a place of deposit designated by the election administrator so that it is received prior to a specified time on election day.
     (5) Once returned, election officials shall first qualify the submitted ballot by examining the return/verification envelope to determine whether it is submitted by a qualified elector who has not previously voted.
     (6) If the ballot so qualifies and is otherwise valid, officials shall then open the return/verification envelope and remove the secrecy envelope, which is then voted by depositing it unopened in an official ballot box.
     (7) After the close of polls on election day, voted ballots must be counted and canvassed as otherwise provided by law.

     History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 196, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 17, Ch. 591, L. 1991.