13-13-273. Counting of federal write-in absentee ballots. (1) A federal write-in absentee ballot must be counted if:
     (a) the condition in 13-13-271(3) has been met;
     (b) the regular absentee ballot has not been received by 8 p.m. election day;
     (c) it has not been submitted from any location within the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, or Guam; and
     (d) it is received by 8 p.m. election day.
     (2) Federal write-in absentee ballots received before the close of the polls election day will not be counted until the polls have closed.

     History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 43, L. 1987.