After all certificates have been executed, the election board shall place the bundles of tabulated paper ballots in the ballot box and the ballot box shall be closed and locked. History: 1953 Comp., § 3-12-101, enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 222, § 70; 1987, ch. 249, § 42; 2009, ch. 150, § 30; 2019, ch. 212, § 119. The 2019 amendment, effective April 3, 2019, replaced "precinct board" with "election board"; and deleted "the paper ballots are tallied, the precinct" and added "all certificates have been executed, the election", and after "bundles of", deleted "counted" and added "tabulated". The 2009 amendment, effective June 19, 2009, after "After the" deleted "emergency"; after "board shall place", deleted "the following in the ballot box:"; after "bundles of counted" deleted "emergency"; deleted former Subsection A(2), which required envelopes containing spoiled ballots to be placed in the ballot box; deleted former Subsection A(3), which required envelopes containing rejected ballots to be placed in the ballot box; and in former Subsection B, at the beginning of the sentence, deleted "After the required items have been placed". Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 29 C.J.S. Elections § 234.
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