13-19-301. Voting mail ballots. (1) Upon receipt of his ballot, the elector may vote by:
     (a) marking the ballot in the manner specified;
     (b) placing the marked ballot in the secrecy envelope, free of any identifying marks;
     (c) placing the secrecy envelope containing a single ballot in the return/verification envelope;
     (d) executing the affidavit printed on the return/verification envelope; and
     (e) returning the return/verification envelope with the secrecy envelope containing the ballot enclosed, as provided in 13-19-306.
     (2) For the purpose of this chapter, an official ballot is voted when, after the requirements of 13-19-310 and 13-19-311 have been satisfied, the return/verification envelope has been opened by election officials and the secrecy envelope containing the ballot has been deposited in the official ballot box.

     History: En. Sec. 16, Ch. 196, L. 1985.