US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

                                  TITLE  34
                                  ELECTIONS
                                  CHAPTER 10
                               ABSENTEE VOTING
    34-1008.  DEPOSIT OF ABSENTEE BALLOTS. Between the opening and closing of
the polls on such election day the judges of election of such precinct shall
open the carrier envelope only, announce the absent elector's name, and in the
event they find such applicant to be a duly registered elector of the precinct
and that he has not heretofore voted at the election, they shall open the
return envelope and remove the ballot envelopes and deposit the same in the
proper ballot boxes and cause the absent elector's name to be entered on the
poll books the same as though he had been present and voted in person. The
ballot envelope shall not be opened until the ballots are counted.