13-19-312. Procedure at close of voting. (1) After the close of voting on election day, election officials shall:
     (a) open the official ballot boxes;
     (b) open each secrecy envelope, removing the ballot; and
     (c) proceed to count the votes as otherwise provided by law.
     (2) On election day, the election administrator may begin the procedures described in subsection (1) before the polls close if he complies with the procedures described in 13-15-103.

     History: En. Sec. 27, Ch. 196, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 22, Ch. 591, L. 1991.