Voting instructions.

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  • (1) Each election officer shall:
    • (a) print instructions for voters;
    • (b) ensure that the instructions are printed in English, and any other language required under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, in large clear type; and
    • (c) ensure that the instructions inform voters:
      • (i) about how to obtain ballots for voting;
      • (ii) about special political party affiliation requirements for voting in a regular primary election or presidential primary election;
      • (iii) about how to prepare ballots for deposit in the ballot box;
      • (iv) about how to record write-in votes;
      • (v) about how to obtain a new ballot in the place of one spoiled by accident or mistake;
      • (vi) about how to obtain assistance in marking ballots;
      • (vii) about obtaining a new ballot if the voter's ballot is defaced;
      • (viii) that identification marks or the spoiling or defacing of a ballot will make it invalid;
      • (ix) about how to obtain and vote a provisional ballot;
      • (x) about whom to contact to report election fraud;
      • (xi) about applicable federal and state laws regarding:
        • (A) voting rights and the appropriate official to contact if the voter alleges his rights have been violated; and
        • (B) prohibitions on acts of fraud and misrepresentation;
      • (xii) about procedures governing mail-in registrants and first-time voters; and
      • (xiii) about the date of the election and the hours that the polls are open on election day.
  • (2) Each election officer shall:
    • (a) provide the election judges of each voting precinct with sufficient instruction cards to instruct voters in the preparation of their ballots;
    • (b) direct the election judges to post:
      • (i) general voting instructions in each voting booth; and
      • (ii) at least three instruction cards and at least one sample ballot elsewhere in and about the polling place.




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