§ 14215 Ballot Container Handling Rules

• •Ballot boxes must be opened in front of people before any votes are collected.
• •The boxes must stay at the voting place until all votes are counted.
• •Boxes cannot be opened again until after the polls have officially closed.

At a town hall election, the precinct board opens the ballot box in front of the voters, leaves it on the table until voting ends, and then counts the votes after the polls close.

Because the law requires the box to be opened and shown to the public before any votes are taken, and it cannot be moved or opened again until after voting is over, the board follows those steps exactly.