R 168.779 Preparation and delivery of election materials.

Rule 9. (1) The clerk of the unit of government providing the tabulators or an authorized assistant shall place into an approved ballot container the ballots for each precinct or early voting site. The approved ballot container must be secured with an approved seal and contain a certificate signed by the clerk or an authorized assistant setting forth the number of ballots in the container and that the ballots were counted and sealed in the approved ballot container by the clerk or by an authorized assistant. Ballots not issued to a precinct or early voting site or assigned for absentee voting must be secured and accounted for by the clerk. The clerk shall maintain a record of the number of ballots issued to each precinct or early voting site. The ballots must be delivered to the chairperson or a member of the board of election inspectors of the proper precinct or early voting site. (2) Precinct supplies and early voting site supplies must include the following items: (a) A sufficient number of black or blue ink marking devices for voters to mark ballots. (b) A set of instructions for operating the precinct on election day or operating the early voting site during the early voting period. (c) An envelope labeled “SPOILED BALLOTS”. (d) An envelope labeled “ORIGINAL BALLOTS FOR WHICH DUPLICATES HAVE BEEN MADE FOR ANY REASON” if the duplication is to be done at the precinct. (3) The tabulators, accessible voting devices, on-demand ballot printing systems, voting booths, ballots, secrecy sleeves, approved ballot containers, and all other necessary supplies must be delivered to the precinct not later than 6:30 a.m. on election day or no later than 30 minutes before the start of early voting at an early voting site. (4) approved ballot containers must be provided to each precinct or early voting site for the storage of voted ballots.