The ballots shall be counted according to the markings thereon, respectively, as provided in sections 49.92 to 49.97, and not otherwise. If, for any reason, it is impossible to determine from a ballot, as marked, the choice of the voter for any office, such ballot shall not be counted for such office. When there is a conflict between the cross or check in the circle on one ticket and the cross or check in the square on another ticket on the ballot, the cross or check in the square shall be held to control, and the cross or check in the circle in such case shall not apply as to that office. Any ballot marked in any other manner than as authorized in sections 49.92 to 49.97, and in such manner as to show that the voter employed such mark for the purpose of identifying the voter's ballot, shall be rejected.
[C97, § 1120; S13, § 1120; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 815; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 49.98]
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