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MINNESOTA ELECTION LAWS- 1991 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 municipality or the school board 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. Historv: 1981 c 29 art 3 s 12: 1981 c 185 s 2, 1983 c 253 s 5.6: 1984 c 560 s 6-9: 1987 c 266 art I s 18; 1989 c 291 art i s 5,6; 1990 c 585 s 21.22; 1991 c 320 s 1 NOTES AND DECISIONS 20311.12 Absentee ballot may not be challenged after deposit in ballot box except for invalidity on the face of the ballot.Bell v Gan- naw•ay.227 N.W.2d 797(19751. Absentee ballot.which was tom and had been repaired by tape,was properly allowed on theory that it was mutilated ballot presumed to have been torn after it was received and counted by election officers.Sperl v.wegwerth.265 Minn.37.120 X.W. 2d 355 11963). 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 1 a,and for the reconciliation of voters and ballot cards 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 municipality may by ordinance, or the school board of any school district may by resolution, authorize an absentee ballot board. The board 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 board of a school district may authorize the board 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 a vote cast for each candidate or question in each precinct;or (c)Report the vote totals tabulated for each precinct. Subd. 3. Compensation of members. The municipal clerk shall pay a reasonable compensation to each member of the absentee ballot board for services rendered during each election. Subd. 3a. Absentee voter list. If the election judges of an absentee ballot board are 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 board 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 board. 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. t 203B-8