Section 13-19-312 - Preparation for count and counting procedure(1) The preparation for counting ballots must be as provided in 13-15-201.(2) Except as provided in subsection (3), after the close of voting on election day, the counting board appointed pursuant to 13-15-112 shall: (a) open the official ballot boxes;(b) if the process authorized under 13-13-241(7) was not used, open each secrecy envelope, removing the voted ballot; and(c) proceed to count the votes as provided in Title 13, chapter 15.(3) The election administrator may begin the procedures described in subsection (2) no sooner than 1 day before election day if the election administrator complies with the procedures described in 13-15-207(3).Amended by Laws 2019, Ch. 229,Sec. 8, eff. 5/1/2019.En. Sec. 27, Ch. 196, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 22, Ch. 591, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 78, Ch. 414, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 47, Ch. 297, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 101, L. 2011.