Sec. 5. (a) This section does not apply to a county having a consolidated city.

     (b) The absentee ballot counters shall determine if the ballot cards are properly grouped and arranged so that all similar cards from a precinct are together before the ballots are counted on an automatic tabulating machine.

As added by P.L.3-1993, SEC.176 and P.L.19-1993, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.100-2018, SEC.20; P.L.210-2018, SEC.6.