Duty to report lost, stolen, or late ballots - penalty.

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Any person responsible for preparing, issuing, transporting, or mailing ballots who has personal knowledge that mail ballots under that person's care have been either lost or stolen or will, for any reason, not be timely delivered to electors, shall report the issue to the county clerk and recorder. Any person who knowingly and willfully fails to report as required by this section is subject to a civil penalty that shall not exceed fifty dollars. This section shall not apply to election judges, staff of the county clerk and recorder, or individual United States postal workers.

Source: L. 2020: Entire section added, (HB 20-1313), ch. 260, p. 1255, § 4, effective September 14.


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