16.1-07-04. When ballots furnished proper officials

16.1-07-04. When ballots furnished proper officials

The county auditor, or any other officer required by law to prepare any general, special, or

primary state election ballots or any county election ballots, shall prepare, have printed, and

deliver to the county auditor at least forty days before the holding of any general, special, or

primary state election a sufficient number of absent voter ballots for the use of all voters likely to

require such ballots for that election. In city or school elections, the auditor or clerk of the city,

the business manager of the school district, or any other officer required by law to prepare city

or school election ballots shall prepare and have printed and available for distribution to the

public at least forty days before the holding of any city or school election a sufficient number of

absent voter's ballots for the use of all voters likely to require such ballots for that election.

Officers authorized to distribute absent voter's ballots under this chapter shall ensure all ballots

used as absent voter's ballots are secure at all times and accessible only to those persons

under the officer's supervision for distribution. If an election official personally distributes and

collects an absent voter's ballot outside the election official's office, appointed election judges

from an election board shall accompany the election official along with the ballot to and from the

voter's location and be present while the voter is marking the ballot.