53.26 - REJECTED BALLOTS -- HOW HANDLED.
53.26 REJECTED BALLOTS -- HOW HANDLED.
Every ballot not counted shall be endorsed on the back thereof
"Rejected because (giving reason therefor)." All rejected ballots
shall be enclosed and securely sealed in an envelope on which the
precinct election officials shall endorse "Defective ballots", with a
statement of the precinct in which and the date of the election at
which they were cast, signed by the precinct election officials and
returned to the same officer and in the same manner as by law
provided for the return and preservation of official ballots voted at
such election. Section History: Early Form
[SS15, § 1137-j; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 952; C46, 50, 54, 58,
62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 53.26]
Referred to in § 53.18, 53.49
Return of rejected ballots, § 50.5