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49.82 - VOTER TO RECEIVE ONE BALLOT -- ENDORSEMENT.

        49.82  VOTER TO RECEIVE ONE BALLOT -- ENDORSEMENT.
         When an empty voting booth is available, one of the precinct
      election officials shall endorse the official's initials on each
      ballot the voter will receive.  The initials shall be placed so that
      they may be seen when the ballot is properly folded or enclosed in a
      secrecy folder.  The official shall give the voter one and only one
      of each of the ballots to be voted at that election in that precinct,
      except as provided by section 49.100.  No ballot without the required
      official endorsement shall be placed in the ballot box.
         Section History: Early Form
         [C97, § 1116, 1117; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 799; C46, 50, 54,
      58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 49.82]
         Section History: Recent Form
         94 Acts, ch 1180, §15
         Referred to in § 49.67
         Endorsement in primary elections, § 43.36