52.31  Procedure where votes cast on special paper ballots.

Preparations for voting and voting at any election in a precinct where votes are to be received on special paper ballots shall be in accordance with the provisions of chapter 49 governing voting upon conventional paper ballots with the following exceptions:

1.  Before entering the voting booth each voter shall be cautioned to mark the ballot only with a vote marking device provided in the booth or by the precinct election officials.

2.  In each precinct where a portable vote tallying system is used and the ballots are tabulated by a device located in the precinct which is equipped with a mechanism which will not permit more than one ballot to be inserted at a time, the voter may personally insert the ballot into the tabulating device.

Section History: Early form

  [C77, 79, 81, § 52.31]

Section History: Recent form

  86 Acts, ch 1224, § 24


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