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§§ 499-a6-499-all. DOUBLE ELECTION BOARDS. Tit. IV, Ch. 7-A.
SEC. 499-a6. Manner of counting ballots.
1 Whenever the counting board receives from the receiving board
2 the ballot box they shall also be furnished a statement from the receiv-
3 ing board giving the number of votes as shown by the poll books up
4 to that time,, which shall equal the number of votes in the ballot box.
5 The counting board shall on opening the ballot box first count the
6 ballots therein. If the number of ballots found in the ballot box
7 exceeds the number as shown by the statement received from the
8 receiving board the counting judges shall proceed to examine the offi-
9 cial indorsement of said ballots, and, if any ballots are found that do
10 not bear proper official indorsement, said ballots shall be kept separate
11 and a record of such ballots shall be made and returned under the head
12 of excess ballots. The counting board shall then proceed to count the
13 ballots as now provided by law.
[39 G. A., ch. 60, § 5.]
SEC. 499-a7. Secrecy of ballot during count.
1 The space or room occupied by the counting board shall be policed
2 in such manner as to prevent any person, or persons, from gaining
3 information regarding the progress of the count before the polls are
4 closed.
[39 G. A., ch. 60, § 6.]
SEC. 499-a8. Presence of persons during count.
1 No person, or persons, shall be admitted into the space or room
2 where such ballots are being counted until the polls are closed except
3 the counting board.
[39 G. A., ch. 60, § 9.]
SEC. 499-a9. Counting quarters—guarding ballots.
1 Boards of supervisors shall provide suitable places for the count-
2 ing of ballots, but when it becomes necessary to remove the ballot box
3 from one room to another, or from one building to another, and at all
4 times when they are in possession of the counting board, they shall be
5 under constant observation of at least two counting judges.
[39 G. A., ch. 60, § 10.]
SEC. 499-alO. Certification of count—return of books and ballots.
1 Both boards shall certify to all matters pertaining to counting and
2 canvassing of votes and shall return poll books and ballots to the
3 county auditor as provided by law.
[39 G. A., ch. 60, § 15.]
SEC. 499-all. Special ballot box for assessor.
1 When the precinct includes a town, or a part thereof, together
2 with territory outside the limits of such town, the township trustees
3 shall prepare a separate ballot box to receive the vote for township
4 assessor, which shall be on separate ballots, and only the ballots of
5 persons living outside the limits of such town shall be placed in said
6 ballot box.
[39 G. A., ch. 60, § 11.]