34-308 MAIL BALLOT PRECINCT.

TITLE 34

ELECTIONS

CHAPTER 3

ELECTION PRECINCTS AND JUDGES

34-308. Mail ballot precinct. A precinct within the county which contains no more than one hundred twenty-five (125) registered electors at the last general election, may be designated by the board of county commissioners a mail ballot precinct no later than April 1 in an even-numbered year. Such a designation shall apply thereafter to all elections conducted within the precinct until revoked by the board of county commissioners. Having designated a mail ballot precinct, there shall be no voting place established within the precinct. Elections in a mail ballot precinct shall be conducted in a manner consistent with absentee voting with the following special provisions.

(1) The clerk shall issue a ballot, by mail, to every registered voter in a mail ballot precinct, and shall affix to the return envelope, postage sufficient to return the ballot.

(2) The ballot shall be mailed no sooner than twenty-four (24) days prior to the election day and no later than the fourteenth day prior to the election.

(3) The clerk shall make necessary provisions to segregate mail ballot precinct ballots by precinct, and for all purposes of the election, the precinct integrity shall be maintained.

(4) The clerk shall make available in the office of the clerk, registration on election day for any individual who is eligible to vote and who resides in a mail ballot precinct and has not previously registered. The clerk shall provide an official polling place in the office of the clerk and a qualified elector who registers on election day and resides in a mail ballot precinct shall be allowed to vote at the office of the clerk.