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52.31 - PROCEDURE WHERE VOTES CAST ON OPTICAL SCAN BALLOTS.

        52.31  PROCEDURE WHERE VOTES CAST ON OPTICAL SCAN
      BALLOTS.
         Preparations for voting and voting at any election in a precinct
      where votes are to be received on optical scan ballots shall be in
      accordance with the provisions of chapter 49 governing voting upon
      conventional paper ballots with the following exceptions:
         1.  Before entering the voting booth each voter shall be cautioned
      to mark the ballot only with a ballot marking device provided in the
      booth or by the precinct election officials.
         2.  In each precinct where portable automatic tabulating equipment
      is used, the voter may personally insert the ballot into the
      tabulating device.
         Section History: Early Form
         [C77, 79, 81, § 52.31]
         Section History: Recent Form
         86 Acts, ch 1224, § 24; 2007 Acts, ch 190, §38