§ 17-20-14.1 - Mail ballots – Local supervision.
SECTION 17-20-14.1
§ 17-20-14.1 Mail ballots – Localsupervision. – Each local board shall be authorized to appoint one or more bipartisan pairs ofsupervisors in the manner that other bipartisan pairs of supervisors areappointed for each election, whose duty it shall be to attend each person whomakes an application for a mail ballot under §§ 17-20-2.1 and17-20-2.2, who does not fall under the provisions of § 17-20-14, and whorequests that a bipartisan pair of supervisors be sent by the board ofcanvassers to that person's place of residence for the purpose of supervisingor assisting the mail voter in casting his or her vote. The bipartisan pairs ofsupervisors shall supervise the casting of votes by persons using the mailballot at a place that preserves their secrecy and shall take acknowledgmentsor serve as witnesses, and jointly provide assistance, if requested, to assureproper marking, sealing, and mailing of ballots as voted. The failure orneglect of any local board to appoint these bipartisan pairs, or the failure orneglect of any pair to attend any place at which a mail voter's ballot may beused, or the marking, sealing, or mailing of ballots in the absence of anypair, shall not invalidate any ballot.