At 10 a.m. on Thursday preceding the election, or at such time thereafter as the county election board may desire, the county election board may meet and publicly remove the outer envelopes from all absentee ballots then received, examine and remove properly executed affidavits and place the plain opaque envelopes in a ballot box, locked with three locks. The procedure shall be repeated until such time as all ballots have been received. Provided, such procedure may begin at an earlier date upon the written approval of the Secretary of the State Election Board.
Added by Laws 1974, c. 201, § 23, operative July 1, 1974. Renumbered from Title 26, § 327.23 by Laws 1976, c. 90, § 11, emerg. eff. May 6, 1976. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 316, § 12, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 2003, c. 485, § 21; Laws 2013, c. 200, § 10, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.
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