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ATTACHMENT I (31 the voter is re¢istered and elisible to vote in the.precinct or has included a properly completed voter • re~istratron apphcatron m the return envelope- and (41 the voter has not ah'eadv voted at that election either in person or by absentee ballot The return envelope from accepted ballots must be preserved and returned to the county auditor If all or a maiority of the election iudees examining return envelopes fmd that an absent voter has failed to meet one of_the reamrements prescribed in clauses (11 to (41 they shall mark the return envelope "Rejected "initial or seen rt below the word "Reiected "and return it to the county auditor Subd. 3. Notation on polling place roster. If the return envelope is mazked with the word "Accepted," the election judges shall record the fact that the voter has voted by absentee ballot on the polling place roster. This must be done by placing the letters "A.B." in the appropriate space on the roster. After a registration record has been mazked to record that an individual has voted by absentee ballot, the individual shall not be allowed to vote in person at that election. Subd. 4. Placement is container; opening and counting of ballots. The ballot envelopes from return envelopes mazked "Accepted" shall be placed by the election judges in a sepazate absentee ballot container. The container and each ballot envelope may be opened only after the last regulaz mail delivery by the United States postal service on election day. The ballots shall then be initialed by the election judges in the same manner as ballots delivered by them to voters in person and shall be deposited in the appropriate ballot box. If more than one ballot of any kind is enclosed in the ballot envelope, none of the ballots of that kind shall be counted but all ballots of that kind shall be returned in the manner provided by section 204C.25 for return of spoiled ballots. Subd. 5. M.S. 1999 Repealed; 1999 c 132 s 46 Subd. 6. Exception for municipalities or school districts with absentee ballot boards. In municipalities or school districts with an absentee ballot board, the election judges in each precinct shall receive and process return envelopes and ballot envelopes as provided in this section except that the ballot envelopes from return envelopes marked "Accepted" shall be delivered in an absentee ballot container to the absentee ballot board for the counting of ballots as soon as possible after processing. Other law to the contrary notwithstanding, the governing body of a municipalityor the school boazd of a school district with an absentee ballot precinct may authorize the judges of the absentee ballot precinct to validate ballots in the manner provided in this section. The vote totals provided by the - absentee ballot board shall be included in the vote totals on the summary statements of the returns for the precinct in which they were received. Subd. 7. Names of persons submitting absentee ballots. The names of voters who have submitted an absentee ballot return envelope to the county auditor or municipal clerk may not be made available for public inspection until the close of voting on election day. History: 1981 c 29 art 3 s 12; 1981 c 185 s 2;1983 c 253 s 5, 6,• 1984 c S60 s 6-9; 1987 c 266 art 1 s 18; 1989 c 291 art 1 s 5, 6; 1990 c 585 s 21,22; 1991 c 320 s 1; 1997 c 147 s 20,21; 2004 c293 art 1 s 23 NOTES AND DECISIONS 203B.12 Absentee ballot may not be challenged afrer.deposit in ballot box except for invalidity on theface of the ballot. Bell v Gannaway, 227 N.W. 2d 797 (Minn. 1975). Absentee ballot, which was torn and had been repaired by tape, was properly allowed on theory that it was mutilated ballot presumed to have been tom after it was received and counted by election officers. Sperl v. Wegwerth, 265 Minn. 47,120 N.W. 2d 355 (1963). 203B.125 SECRETARY OF STATE TO MAKE RULES. " - The secretary of state shall adopt rules establishing methods and procedures for issuing ballot cards and related absentee forms to be used as provided in section 203B.08, subdivision la, and for the reconciliation of voters and ballot cazds before tabulation under section 203B.12. History: 1983 c 253 s 7 203B.13 ABSENTEE BALLOT BOARDS. Subdivision 1. Establishment. The governing body of any county that has established a counting center as provided in section 206.85, subdivision 2, any municipality, or any school district may by ordinance or resolution, authorize an absentee baIlot board. The boazd shall consist of a sufficient number of election judges appointed as provided in sections 204B.19 to 204B.22. Subd. 2. Duties. The absentee ballot board may do any of the following: (a) Receive from each precinct in the municipality or school district all ballot envelopes marked "Accepted" by the election judges; provided that the governing body of a municipality or the school boazd of a school district 3~ i~