§ 168.768Absent voters' ballots; verification and preparation for tabulation procedures

Sec. 768.
    The board of election inspectors shall verify that there is an elector's signature on the absent
 voter ballot return envelope and that the statement on the absent voter ballot return envelope
 that the ballot is approved for tabulation is complete. If the elector's signature is missing or the
 statement that the absent voter ballot is approved for tabulation is incomplete, the board of
 election inspectors must immediately contact the city or township clerk. If the elector's
 signature is present and the statement that the absent voter ballot is approved for tabulation is
 complete, the board of election inspectors shall open the absent voter ballot return envelope,
 take out the ballot, and, without unfolding the ballot, compare the ballot number on the ballot
 stub with the ballot number on the face of the absent voter ballot return envelope. If the ballot
 numbers match, the board of election inspectors shall detach the perforated numbered stub and
 prepare the ballot for tabulation, as directed by the secretary of state. Each ballot must be
 inserted into the tabulator. One of the election inspectors shall enter the elector in the poll
 book as having cast an absent voter ballot.