House Journal: Page 798: Tuesday, March 25, 2003
11 at least three feet from every wall and partition of
12 the polling place, and at least four feet from the
13 precinct election officials' table.
14 Sec. 30. Section 52.20, Code 2003, is amended to
15 read as follows:
16 52.20 INJURY TO MACHINE.
17 No A voter, or other person, shall not deface or
18 injure the voting machine or the ballot thereon. It
19 shall be the duty of the precinct election officials
20 to enforce the provisions of this section. During the
21 entire period of an election, at least one of their
22 number the officials, designated by them the officials
23 from time to time, shall be stationed beside the
24 entrance to the booth and shall see that it is
25 properly closed after a voter has entered it to vote.
26 The official shall also, at such intervals as the
27 official may deem proper or necessary, examine the
28 face of the machine to ascertain whether it has been
29 defaced or injured, to detect the wrongdoer, and to
30 repair any injury. If the official finds that a
31 person has left the voting booth without casting the
32 ballot, the official shall cast the ballot.
33 Sec. 31. Section 52.21, Code 2003, is amended by
34 striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof the
35 following:
36 52.21 CANVASS OF VOTE - TALLY.
37 As soon as the polls of the election are closed,
38 the precinct election officials shall immediately lock
39 the voting machine against voting and, in the presence
40 of all persons who may be lawfully within the polling
41 place, proceed to canvass the vote. The officials
42 shall print the results from each machine, tally any
43 write-in votes, and complete any canvass documents
44 prescribed for the voting machine by the state
45 commissioner. Write-in votes cast for a person whose
46 name appears on the ballot as a candidate for that
47 office shall not be counted.
48 Sec. 32. Section 52.23, unnumbered paragraph 2,
49 Code 2003, is amended to read as follows:
50 The inspection sheets zero count report from each
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1 machine used in the election and one copy of the
2 printed results from each machine shall be signed by
3 all precinct election officials and, with any paper or
4 papers upon which write-in votes were recorded by
5 voters, shall be securely sealed in an envelope marked
6 with the name and date of the election, the precinct,
7 and the serial numbers of the machines from which the
8 enclosed results were removed. This envelope shall be
9 preserved, unopened, for twenty-two months following
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