Act No. 70

(H.598)

Elections; early voter absentee ballots; sorting

This act allows the town clerk of a municipality with at least 300 registered voters on its checklist to direct two election officials to open the outside envelope in order to sort early voter absentee ballots by ward and district, to data enter the return of the ballots by the voter, to determine that the certificate has been signed, and to place the inside envelopes in various secure containers to be transported to the polling places on election day.

Date Signed by the Governor:  March 30, 2010

Effective Date:  July 1, 2010