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49.86 - FAILURE TO VOTE -- SURRENDER OF BALLOT.

        49.86  FAILURE TO VOTE -- SURRENDER OF BALLOT.
         Any voter who, after receiving an official ballot, decides not to
      vote, shall, before entering the voting booth, surrender to the
      election officers the official ballot which has been given to the
      voter, and such fact shall be noted on the election records.  A
      refusal to surrender such ballot shall subject the person so
      offending to immediate arrest and the penalties provided for
      violation of this chapter.
         Section History: Early Form
         [C97, § 1117; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 803; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62,
      66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 49.86]
         Penalty, § 39A.3