HB 1314 Summary

• Amends North Dakota election law to regulate drop boxes used for absent voter and mail ballots by requiring they be secured and under control of local election officials at all times.

• Mandates that all ballots deposited in drop boxes must be collected by election officials no less than once per day.

• Prohibits ballot deposits in drop boxes after 5 p.m. on the day before an election.

• Applies drop box regulations to absent voter ballot procedures under Section 16.1-07-05, late ballot canvassing procedures under Section 16.1-07-09, and mail ballot voting procedures under Section 16.1-11.1-04.