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.
[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 § 53.49
Return of rejected ballots, § 50.5
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