13-15-108. Rejected ballots -- handling provided by rule. (1) All rejected absentee ballots, the absentee ballot applications, and all absentee ballot return envelopes must be handled and marked as provided under rules adopted by the secretary of state.
     (2) The unopened absentee ballot envelope of an elector who has voted in person as provided in 13-13-204 must be handled and marked as provided under rules adopted by the secretary of state.
     (3) After being handled and marked as provided in this section, all rejected ballots must be placed in a package or container in which the voted ballots are to be placed and the package or container must be sealed, dated, and marked as provided under rules adopted by the secretary of state. After a package or container is sealed pursuant to this subsection (3), a package or container may not be opened without a court order.

     History: En. Sec. 131, Ch. 368, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 287, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 38, Ch. 365, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 23-3713(7) thru (9); amd. Sec. 131, Ch. 571, L. 1979; Sec. 13-13-236, MCA 1979; redes. 13-13-243 by Code Commissioner, 1979; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 120, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 14, Ch. 286, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 359, L. 2005; Sec. 13-13-243, MCA 2003; redes. 13-15-108 by Sec. 20, Ch. 286, L. 2005.