TrustVoting Atlas

election official administering the election.
1. After generating the reports and poll lists provided for in section 16.1-15-06 for delivery
to the county auditor, the election board shall wrap all ballots. The ballots and
wrappers then must be secured tightly at the outer end to completely envelop and hold
the ballots together. Ballots that are void must be secured in a separate wrapper and
must be marked "void". Ballots that are spoiled must be secured separately and
marked "spoiled". In sealing ballots, the various classes of ballots must be kept
separate. Each wrapper must be endorsed with the names or numbers of the polling
places, the precincts served by the polling places, and the date on which the election
was held. The wrappers must be sealed securely in a manner prescribed by the county
auditor so the wrappers cannot be opened without an obvious and permanent
breaking of the seal. The ballots, together with those found void or spoiled, and the
opened envelopes from voted absentee ballots and the unopened envelopes of
absentee ballots rejected as defective, must be returned in person to the county
recorder. At the meeting of the county canvassing board, the county auditor shall
deliver the report of the ballots containing lawful write-in votes from all the precincts
within the county if these votes are required to be canvassed according to section
16.1-15-01.1.
2. Each ballot within a sealed envelope set aside for an individual as outlined in
subsections 5 and 6 of section 16.1-01-04.1 must be delivered to the election official
responsible for the administration of the election so the envelope containing the ballot
is available if the individual for whom the ballot was set aside appears in the official's
office to verify the individual's eligibility as an elector. The verified and unverified
ballots set aside must be delivered to the members of the canvassing board for proper
inclusion in or exclusion from the canvass of votes.