- (1) Any active ballot shall be processed in a secure location where access is controlled by an election official.
- (2) An election official shall ensure that any active ballot in a processing center is monitored in accordance with Subsection 20A-3a-401.1(5)(g).
(3) An election official shall ensure that active ballots are:
- (a) divided into batches and separated from other active ballots through each step of the process; and
- (b) clearly identified as to which stage of the process the active ballots are in.
(4) On each day that tabulation is performed, any tabulated active ballots shall be reconciled by an election official at least once a day against:
- (a) the statewide voter registration database; and
- (b) the number of processed active ballots for that processing session.
- (5) An election official shall ensure that each batch of active ballots is documented, noting the completion of each step according to Section R623-8-10.
- (6) An election official shall ensure that the name of each watcher is documented with the date and time.
- (7) An election official shall provide clear and consistent instructions to watchers when checking in in accordance with Section 20A-3a-801.
- (8) An election official shall ensure that counted and uncounted active ballots are clearly marked as such and are segregated from each other.
- (9) An election official shall ensure that each replicated active ballot is documented in accordance with Subsection 20A-4-104(3).
(10) An election official shall document the following when adjudicating an active ballot:
- (a) the names of each election official adjudicating the active ballot; and
- (b) a record of which active ballots the official adjudicated.
- (11) An election official shall ensure that a ballot processing center is monitored in accordance with Subsection 20A-3a.401.1(5)(g).
KEY: elections, custody, lieutenant governor, ballots
Date of Last Change: October 23, 2025
Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 20A-3a-401.1(9); 20A-3a-404(1); 20A-3a-106(4)