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Title 12 - Elections
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Chapter 18 - Arrangements And Conduct Of Voting
Chapter 18 - Arrangements And Conduct Of Voting
§ 12-18-1 Preparation for voting--Booths, electronic ballot marking system, and supplies to be provided--Private voting required.
§ 12-18-1.1 Verification of blank ballots received.
§ 12-18-1.2 Specific duties of precinct superintendent.
§ 12-18-1.3 Repealed.
§ 12-18-1.4 Attendance by election officials during voting and counting.
§ 12-18-1.5 Attendance until polls closed by precinct superintendent and precinct deputies in precincts with counting boards--Attendance by board members during counting.
§ 12-18-2 Repealed.
§ 12-18-3 Electioneering, offices, distracting communications devices, and signature gathering prohibited near polling place--Violation as misdemeanor.
§ 12-18-3.1 Simulated elections--Access to polling place--Impartiality required--Notice to county auditor.
§ 12-18-4 Examination and sealing of ballot box before opening of polls--Closed until counting of vote.
§ 12-18-4.1 Preparation for voting--Booths, electronic ballot marking system, and supplies to be provided--Private voting required.
§ 12-18-5 Poll lists maintained by member of precinct election board.
§ 12-18-5.1 Repealed.
§ 12-18-5.2 Repealed.
§ 12-18-6 Repealed.
§ 12-18-6.1 Voters required to provide identification before voting.
§ 12-18-6.2 Affidavit in lieu of personal identification.
§ 12-18-6.3 Verification of identity--Provisional ballot if identity not verified.
§ 12-18-7 Repealed.
§ 12-18-7.1 Registered persons entitled to vote--Voting on acknowledgment notice--Verification with auditor--Emergency voting card.
§ 12-18-7.2 Voting without acknowledgment notice on verification by auditor--Emergency voting card.
§ 12-18-7.3 Repealed.
§ 12-18-7.4 Affirmation of voter's address.
§ 12-18-8 Repealed.
§ 12-18-8.1 Number of poll watchers set by state board--Rules.
§ 12-18-9 Observation of voting and counting--Poll watchers' positions and accommodations.
§ 12-18-9.1 Poll watchers and waiting voters not to see into booths--Interference with official actions--Violation as misdemeanor.
§ 12-18-9.2 Removal of unauthorized material and disobedient persons--Arrest authorized.
§ 12-18-10 Grounds for challenge of applicant to vote--Determination by judges--Notation on registration list.
§ 12-18-11 Repealed.
§ 12-18-12 Stamping of ballot before delivery to voter.
§ 12-18-13 Use of unauthorized ballot prohibited.
§ 12-18-14 Entry of voting booth or machine by voter.
§ 12-18-15 Voting without delay--Maximum time in booth or machine--Reentry prohibited.
§ 12-18-16 Marking of paper ballot--Form of mark.
§ 12-18-16.1 Marking of optical scan ballot.
§ 12-18-16.2 Repealed.
§ 12-18-17 Repealed.
§ 12-18-18 Repealed.
§ 12-18-19 Repealed.
§ 12-18-20 , 12-18-21. Repealed.
§ 12-18-21.1 Repealed.
§ 12-18-22 Repealed.
§ 12-18-23 Return to member of precinct election board of unmarked ballot.
§ 12-18-24 Replacement of spoiled ballots--Marking and preservation.
§ 12-18-25 Assistance of disabled or illiterate voter by person of his choice.
§ 12-18-26 Repealed.
§ 12-18-27 Marked ballot not to be publicized--Immediate deposit in ballot box.
§ 12-18-28 Deposit of folded ballot in ballot box.
§ 12-18-29 to 12-18-31. Repealed.
§ 12-18-32 Packaging and return of unused ballots--Record accounting for ballots.
§ 12-18-33 Comparison of ballot accounting with record of number sent to precinct--Notice and correction of discrepancies.
§ 12-18-34 Repealed.
§ 12-18-35 to 12-18-38. Repealed.
§ 12-18-39 Provisional ballot--Eligibility.
§ 12-18-40 Use of provisional ballot.
§ 12-18-41 Repealed.