16-615. Delivery of returns
A. Before it adjourns, the election board or tally board shall enclose and seal in
a strong envelope provided for that purpose one of the poll lists and one of the tally
lists, signed as required, and the stubs of the voted ballots and shall direct it to the
board of supervisors.
B. The envelope containing the poll list, the tally list and the stubs of the voted
ballots shall constitute the official returns of the election and shall, together with
the envelope containing the voted ballots, be delivered to one of the members of the
election board or tally board, previously determined by lot, unless otherwise agreed
upon, and such member shall by himself, or by an agent agreed upon by the board and sworn
by a member thereof, in the presence of the board to faithfully perform the duties of
election messenger, without delay, and by the most expeditious means and route, deliver
the packages and envelopes, without opening them, to the officer in charge of the
election at his office, or to the nearest postmaster or sworn express agent, who shall
endorse on the packages and envelopes the name of the person delivering them, and the
hour and date of the delivery, and forward the packages and envelopes by the first mail
or express to the officer in charge of the election at the county seat.
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