13-2-401. Cancellation of registration for failure to vote -- reregistration. (1) Except as provided in subsection (3), within 60 days after every general election in which a president is elected, the election administrator shall:
     (a) cancel the registration of the electors who have not voted in each precinct, as shown by the official pollbook and precinct register of each precinct;
     (b) mark the form of each elector whose registration has been canceled; and
     (c) place canceled forms for the entire county in alphabetical order in the canceled file.
     (2) An elector whose registration is canceled may reregister in the same manner as if he were registering for the first time.
     (3) The registration of an elector who votes by absentee ballot but whose ballot does not arrive in time to be counted may not be canceled if his ballot is received and rejected by the election administrator within 10 days succeeding the election.
     (4) A notice of cancellation shall be published on radio or television as provided in 2-3-105 through 2-3-107 or in a newspaper of general circulation in the county once a week for 2 weeks prior to the date of cancellation. The notice shall be run in a display advertisement (known as ROP in the trade) if in a newspaper or as an announcement if on radio or television and shall be in a form prescribed by the secretary of state. The names of those electors whose registration has been canceled need not be published.

     History: En. Sec. 32, Ch. 368, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 254, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 215, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 369, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 23-3013; amd. Sec. 36, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 446, L. 1985.