The voter may also insert in writing in the proper place the name of any person for whom the voter desires to vote and place a cross or check in the square opposite the name. If the voter is using a voting system other than an electronic voting system, as defined in section 52.1, the writing of the name shall constitute a valid vote for the person whose name has been written on the ballot without regard to whether the voter has made a cross or check opposite the name. However, when a write-in vote is cast using an electronic voting system, the ballot must also be marked in the corresponding space in order to be counted. The making of a cross or check in a square opposite a blank without writing a name in the blank, shall not affect the validity of the remainder of the ballot.
If a voter writes the name of a person more than once in the proper places on a ballot or on a voting machine for an office to which more than one person is to be elected, all but one of those votes for that person for that office are void and shall not be counted.
[C97, § 1119; S13, § 1119; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 816; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 49.99]
86 Acts, ch 1224, § 13; 90 Acts, ch 1238, § 22
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