If, at the expiration of the length of time specified in section 50.12, a contest is not pending, the commissioner, without opening the package in which they have been enclosed, shall destroy the ballots, in the presence of two electors, one from each of the two leading political parties, who shall be designated by the chairperson of the board of supervisors.
If the ballots are to be shredded, the package may be opened, if necessary, but the ballots shall not be examined before shredding. Shredded ballots may be recycled.
[C97, § 1143; S13, § 1143; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 852; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 50.13]
89 Acts, ch 136, §45; 91 Acts, ch 129, § 14
Referred to in § 52.23, 53.40, 53.41, 331.383
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