1. (a) The precinct election board may count absentee ballots before the polls have closed.

2. (b) If the precinct election board counts absentee ballots under this section, a member of the precinct election board may not, before the polls have closed, provide any person other than a member of the precinct election board with information concerning the number of votes:

   1. (1) a candidate received for an office; or

   2. (2) cast to approve or reject a public question;

      on absentee ballots counted under this section.

As added by P.L.3-1995, SEC.124.