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may authorize the boadd to examine all return absentee ballot envelopes and receive or reject absentee ballots in the • manner provided in section 203B.12; (b) Open and count the absentee ballots, tabulating the vote in a manner that indicates each vote of the absentee voter and the total absentee vote cast for each candidate or question in each precinct; or (c) Report the vote totals tabulated for each precinct. The absentee ballot board may begin the process of examining the return envelopes and marking them "accepted" or "rejected" at any time during the 30 days before the election. If an envelope has been rejected at least five days before the election, the ballots in the envelope must be considered spoiled ballots and the official in charge of the absentee ballot board shall provide the voter with a replacement absentee ballot and return envelope in place of the spoiled ballot. The secretary of state shall provide samples of the replacement ballot and return envelope for use by the county auditor. Subd. 3. Compensation of members. The municipal clerk shall pay a reasonable compensation to each member of the absentee ballot boadd for services rendered during each election. Subd. 3a. Absentee voter list. ]:f the election judges of an absentee ballot board aze authorized to receive, examine, validate, and.count absentee ballots, the county auditor or municipal clerk shall prepare a list of all persons who have applied for absentee ballots at the election and deliver it to the election judges of the absentee ballot boadd along with the applications for absentee ballots. The polling place rosters must include an indicator for all persons on the absentee voter List. The county auditor may provide a supplemental list for use by the election judges after the polling place rosters have been prepared. If a person on the absentee voter list appears in the polling place, the election judges shall notify the election judges of the absentee ballot boadd. When notified by the precinct election judges that the voter has voted in person, the election judges of the absentee ballot board shall make a notation on the absentee voter list that the voter has voted and no absentee ballot may be counted for that voter. Subd. 4. Applicable laws. Except as otherwise provided by this section, all of the laws applicable to absentee ballots and absentee voters and all other provisions of the Minnesota election law shall apply to an absentee ballot board. History:1981 c 29 art 3 s 13; 1981 c 18S s 3; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 266 art 1 s 19; 1989 c 291 art 1 s 7; 1990 c SSS s 23; 1991 c 320 s 2; 1997 c 147 s 22,23 • 203B.14 COUNTY AUDITOR OR MUNICIPAL CLERK MAY EMPLOY ADDITIONAL HELP. Each county auditor and each municipal clerk may employ additional clerical assistance as necessary to discharge the responsibilities imposed on the county auditor or municipal clerk as provided in this chapter. History: 1981 c 29 art 3 s 14 203B.15 ADMIl~TISTRATIVE EXPENSES. Each county shall pay the expenses incurred by its county auditor and each municipality or school district shall pay the expenses incur ed by its clerk for administering the provisions of sections 203B.04 to 203B.15. History:1981 c 29 art 3 s IS; 1987 c 266 art 1 s 20 203B.16~ABSENT VOTERS IN THE MILITARY ~ ~ ~ OR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES. Subdivision 1. Military service; temporary residence outside United States. Sections 203B.16 to 203B.27 provide alternative voting procedures for eligible voters who are absent from the precinct whew they maintain. residence because they aze: (1) either in the military or the spouses or dependents of individuals serving in the military; or (2) temporarily outside the territorial limits of the United States. Sections 203B.16 to 203B.27 are intended to implement the federal Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, United States Code, title 42, section 1973ff. Subd. 2. Permanent residence outside United States. Sections 203B.16 to 203B.27 provide the exclusive voting procedure for United States citizens who are living permanently outside the territorial limits of the United States who meet all the qualifications of an eligible voter except residence in Minnesota, but who are authorized by federal law to vote in Minnesota because they maintained residence in Minnesota for at least 20 days immediately prior to their departure from the United States. Individuals described in this subdivision shall be permitted to vote only for the offices of president, vice-president, senator in Congress, and representative in Congress. Subd. 3. Duties of municipal clerk. The municipal clerk shall administer the duties of the county auditor in • sections 203B.16 to 203B.27 for municipal elections not held on the same day .as a state or county election. 32 1`~