Section 17-4-231

Disposition of records and forms after close of polls.

After the close of the polls in all primary, special, general, and municipal elections held in the state, the records and forms produced at the polling places shall be returned as follows:

(1) The list of registered voters, the affirmations of provisional voters, the statements of election officials challenging provisional voters, and the voter reidentification forms shall be sealed in an envelope addressed to the board of registrars and the inspectors and any poll watchers present shall sign across the seal. The board of registrars shall hold the list of registered voters as a public record while using it to update their voter histories in accordance with Article 8 of this chapter. The list shall then be returned to the city clerk in municipal elections and the judge of probate in all other elections.

(2) The voters' poll list, the clerk's poll list and all records required by law to be sealed in a voting machine or sealed in a ballot box shall be sealed in an envelope labeled "RECORDS OF ELECTION" and the inspectors and any poll watchers present shall sign across the seal. The "records of election" envelope shall be sealed in the ballot box or voting machine and remain there during the period of time for the initiation of an election contest or recount as provided by law. The "records of election" envelope shall be removed and returned to the city clerk in municipal elections and the sheriff in all other elections to be retained in accordance with state and federal law.

(Acts 1990, No. 90-557, p. 947, §2; Act 2003-313, p. 733, §2.)