Opinion ID: 1861161
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Text: The provisions of Sections 16-12-04 and 16-13-01(1), N.D.C.C., are held to be not applicable to absent-voter ballots counted pursuant to Section 16-18-14, N.D.C.C., and, under the facts of this case and for the reasons above stated, the 35 challenged ballots are held to be valid. The relief requested in Morgan's petition is denied. ERICKSTAD, C. J., PAULSON, J., and DOUGLAS B. HEEN and A. C. BAKKEN, District Judges, concur. HEEN and BAKKEN, District Judges, sitting for PEDERSON and SAND, JJ., disqualified. PAULSON, J., participating on the briefs.