General requirements for manual ballots.

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  • (1) An election officer shall ensure that manual ballots:
    • (a) are printed using precisely the same quality and tint of plain white paper through which the printing or writing cannot be seen;
    • (b) are printed using precisely the same quality and kind of type;
    • (c) are printed using precisely the same quality and tint of plain black ink;
    • (d) are uniform in size for all the voting precincts within the election officer's jurisdiction; and
    • (e) include, on a ticket for a race in which a voter is authorized to cast a write-in vote and in which a write-in candidate is qualified under Section 20A-9-601, a space for a write-in candidate immediately following the last candidate listed on that ticket.
  • (2) Whenever the vote for candidates is to be limited to the voters of a particular political division, the election officer shall ensure that the names of those candidates are printed only upon those ballots provided to that political division.




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