Section 95. The city or town clerk, on the day of the election, but no later than one hour after the hour for the closing of the polls, shall transmit all envelopes purporting to contain official absent voting ballots received on or before the close of business on the day preceding the day of the election and which have not been marked “Rejected as Defective”, as provided in section ninety-four or “Rejected as Voted in Person”, as provided in section one hundred, to the election officers in the several precincts where the voters whose names appear on such envelopes assert the right to vote. The warden or his deputy shall forthwith, after receipt of any such envelopes, distinctly announce the name and residence of each such voter and check his name on the voting lists referred to in section sixty of chapter fifty-one, or on his certificate of supplementary registration attached to such lists, as provided in section fifty-one of chapter fifty-one, or on the copy of the lists of specially qualified voters, disposition list required by section ninety-one A, as the case may be, if it has not already been so checked. He shall open the envelopes in which the ballot is enclosed in such a manner as not to destroy the affidavit thereon, take the ballot therefrom without opening it or permitting it to be examined and deposit it in the ballot box. All envelopes referred to in this section shall be retained with the ballots cast at the election and shall be preserved and destroyed in the manner provided by law for the retention, preservation or destruction of official ballots.
Envelopes purporting to contain official absent voter ballots which are received on the day of the election, or in the case of ballots from outside the United States, after the day of a state or city final election in accordance with section ninety-nine, shall be processed in the office of the registrars. Said envelopes shall be processed in the same manner as those received on or before the close of business on the day preceding the day of the election. Said ballots may be counted at the office of the registrars after the hour of the closing of the polls and after the canvass and the count has been completed said registrars shall amend each precinct tally sheet, official return book and check list delivered to the office of the registrars. Such ballots from outside the United States, received on or after the day of a state election in accordance with section ninety-nine, and which are counted at the office of the registrars, shall be counted at a public meeting of the board of registrars of voters. The registrars may hold this meeting as soon as they have received all absent voting ballots mailed to such voters outside the United States, but shall hold it in any event after five o’clock in the afternoon on the tenth day following such state election. Written notice of such meeting shall be given by said board to the chairman of the city or town committee of each political party at least three days before such meeting.
Federal write-in absentee ballots shall be received and counted as provided in section one hundred and three of the federal Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (42 USC section 1973ff-2). Such ballots shall be counted only at the public meeting of the registrars held under the preceding paragraph, and only if no valid state ballot has been received from the same voter, but shall be counted even if the voter has not applied for a state absent voter ballot or if the voter’s application was received after the thirtieth day before the election.
Section 95. The city or town clerk, on the day of the election, but no later than one hour after the hour for the closing of the polls, shall transmit all envelopes purporting to contain official absent voting ballots received on or before the close of business on the day preceding the day of the election and which have not been marked “Rejected as Defective”, as provided in section ninety-four or “Rejected as Voted in Person”, as provided in section one hundred, to the election officers in the several precincts where the voters whose names appear on such envelopes assert the right to vote. The warden or his deputy shall forthwith, after receipt of any such envelopes, distinctly announce the name and residence of each such voter and check his name on the voting lists referred to in section sixty of chapter fifty-one, or on his certificate of supplementary registration attached to such lists, as provided in section fifty-one of chapter fifty-one, or on the copy of the lists of specially qualified voters, disposition list required by section ninety-one A, as the case may be, if it has not already been so checked. He shall open the envelopes in which the ballot is enclosed in such a manner as not to destroy the affidavit thereon, take the ballot therefrom without opening it or permitting it to be examined and deposit it in the ballot box. All envelopes referred to in this section shall be retained with the ballots cast at the election and shall be preserved and destroyed in the manner provided by law for the retention, preservation or destruction of official ballots.
Envelopes purporting to contain official absent voter ballots which are received on the day of the election, or in the case of ballots from outside the United States, after the day of a state or city final election in accordance with section ninety-nine, shall be processed in the office of the registrars. Said envelopes shall be processed in the same manner as those received on or before the close of business on the day preceding the day of the election. Said ballots may be counted at the office of the registrars after the hour of the closing of the polls and after the canvass and the count has been completed said registrars shall amend each precinct tally sheet, official return book and check list delivered to the office of the registrars. Such ballots from outside the United States, received on or after the day of a state election in accordance with section ninety-nine, and which are counted at the office of the registrars, shall be counted at a public meeting of the board of registrars of voters. The registrars may hold this meeting as soon as they have received all absent voting ballots mailed to such voters outside the United States, but shall hold it in any event after five o’clock in the afternoon on the tenth day following such state election. Written notice of such meeting shall be given by said board to the chairman of the city or town committee of each political party at least three days before such meeting.
Federal write-in absentee ballots shall be received and counted as provided in section one hundred and three of the federal Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (42 USC section 1973ff-2). Such ballots shall be counted only at the public meeting of the registrars held under the preceding paragraph, and only if no valid state ballot has been received from the same voter, but shall be counted even if the voter has not applied for a state absent voter ballot or if the voter’s application was received after the thirtieth day before the election.
Section 95. The city or town clerk, on the day of the election, but no later than one hour after the hour for the closing of the polls, shall transmit all envelopes purporting to contain official absent voting ballots received on or before the close of business on the day preceding the day of the election and which have not been marked “Rejected as Defective”, as provided in section ninety-four or “Rejected as Voted in Person”, as provided in section one hundred, to the election officers in the several precincts where the voters whose names appear on such envelopes assert the right to vote. The warden or his deputy shall forthwith, after receipt of any such envelopes, distinctly announce the name and residence of each such voter and check his name on the voting lists referred to in section sixty of chapter fifty-one, or on his certificate of supplementary registration attached to such lists, as provided in section fifty-one of chapter fifty-one, or on the copy of the lists of specially qualified voters, disposition list required by section ninety-one A, as the case may be, if it has not already been so checked. He shall open the envelopes in which the ballot is enclosed in such a manner as not to destroy the affidavit thereon, take the ballot therefrom without opening it or permitting it to be examined and deposit it in the ballot box. All envelopes referred to in this section shall be retained with the ballots cast at the election and shall be preserved and destroyed in the manner provided by law for the retention, preservation or destruction of official ballots.
Envelopes purporting to contain official absent voter ballots which are received on the day of the election, or in the case of ballots from outside the United States, after the day of a state or city final election in accordance with section ninety-nine, shall be processed in the office of the registrars. Said envelopes shall be processed in the same manner as those received on or before the close of business on the day preceding the day of the election. Said ballots may be counted at the office of the registrars after the hour of the closing of the polls and after the canvass and the count has been completed said registrars shall amend each precinct tally sheet, official return book and check list delivered to the office of the registrars. Such ballots from outside the United States, received on or after the day of a state election in accordance with section ninety-nine, and which are counted at the office of the registrars, shall be counted at a public meeting of the board of registrars of voters. The registrars may hold this meeting as soon as they have received all absent voting ballots mailed to such voters outside the United States, but shall hold it in any event after five o’clock in the afternoon on the tenth day following such state election. Written notice of such meeting shall be given by said board to the chairman of the city or town committee of each political party at least three days before such meeting.
Federal write-in absentee ballots shall be received and counted as provided in section one hundred and three of the federal Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (42 USC section 1973ff-2). Such ballots shall be counted only at the public meeting of the registrars held under the preceding paragraph, and only if no valid state ballot has been received from the same voter, but shall be counted even if the voter has not applied for a state absent voter ballot or if the voter’s application was received after the thirtieth day before the election.
