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RS 18:572 Transmission of election returns; voting machine keys; machine certificates

§572.  Transmission of election returns; voting machine keys; machine certificates

A.(1)  Upon completion of the counting and tabulating of votes, the commissioner-in-charge shall immediately:

(a)  Mail to the secretary of state the following:

(i)  One copy of the final result tally sheets.

(ii)  Repealed by Acts 2007, No. 240, §2.

(iii)  One of the duplicate poll lists.

(iv)  One copy of the machine certificates.

(b)  Deliver to the clerk of court the following:

(i)  The keys to the voting machines, if applicable.

(ii)  The original of the machine certificates.

(iii)  The original of the signed list of commissioners.

(iv)  One copy of the final result tally sheets.

(v)  Repealed by Acts 2007, No. 240, §2.

(vi)  All election result cartridges, if applicable.

(2)  Upon receipt of the items listed above, the clerk of court shall affix the time of receipt upon the election documents which contain election results. The clerk of court shall make a copy of the election results available to the press and public.

B.  The commissioner-in-charge shall complete the procedures prescribed by this Section not later than 12:00 o'clock midnight on the day of the election.  Failure to comply with this time limit shall not void the election.

Acts 1976, No. 697, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978.  Amended by Acts 1978, No. 292, §1, eff. July 6, 1978; Acts 1980, No. 506, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1981; Acts 1981, No. 77, §1, eff. June 26, 1981.  Acts 1983, No. 519, §1, eff. July 8, 1983; Acts 1985, No. 754, §2; Acts 1995, No. 300, §1, eff. June 15, 1995; Acts 1999, No. 1381, §1; Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 130, §1, eff. April 23, 2002; Acts 2006, No. 403, §2, eff. Jan 1, 2007; Acts 2007, No. 240, §2.

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