53.32  Ballot of deceased voter.

When it shall be made to appear by due proof to the precinct election officials that any elector, who has so marked and forwarded a ballot, has died before the ballot envelope is opened, then the ballot of such deceased voter shall be endorsed, "Rejected because voter is dead", and be returned to the commissioner; but the casting of the ballot of a deceased voter shall not invalidate the election.

Section History: Early form

  [SS15, § 1137-l; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 958; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 53.32]


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