Section 5618 - Duties of Department of Elections; political balance of mail judges; security(a) The Department shall ensure that each panel of mail judges selected to officiate the procedures set forth in this chapter represent a politically balanced cross section of the major political parties participating in the election for which absentee ballots are being counted.(b) The Department shall promulgate rules to ensure the security and integrity of the procedures set forth in this chapter and that the counting process for mail ballots is not subject to improper influences.Added by Laws 2019, ch. 245,s 3, eff. 7/1/2020.