§ 2-21. Casting of ballots.


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  • No absentee voter's ballot shall be canvassed, unless it shall have been received in the office of the Town Clerk not later than 5:00 p.m. on the day of referendum. The Town Clerk shall, on the day of the referendum, transmit all absentee voters' envelopes received to the inspectors of election. If, at the referendum, any absentee voters' envelopes shall have been received at the polling place, the inspectors of election immediately after the closing of the polls shall open said envelopes and the ballot shall be withdrawn without unfolding and deposited in the proper box or boxes. If the inspectors of election shall have received an envelope, and upon opening the same no ballot shall be found therein, the inspectors shall make a memorandum showing that the ballot is missing. When the casting of absentee voters' ballots shall have been completed, the inspectors shall ascertain the number of such ballots which have been deposited in the ballot box by deducting from the number of envelopes opened the number of missing ballots, and shall make a separate return thereof in duplicate of the number of absentee voters' ballots deposited in the ballot box. Such ballots shall then be counted or canvassed by the inspectors of election along with the other ballots cast at such referendum, or, where voting machines are used, shall be added to the votes recorded on such machines.