50.3 - DOUBLE OR DEFECTIVE BALLOTS. - Iowa Statutes

50.3 DOUBLE OR DEFECTIVE BALLOTS. If two or more marked ballots are so folded together as to appear to be cast as one, the precinct election officials shall endorse thereon "Rejected as double". Such ballots shall not be counted, but shall be folded together and kept as hereinafter directed. Every ballot not counted shall be endorsed "Defective" on the back thereof.          Section History: Early Form [C51, § 262; R60, § 497; C73, § 623; C97, § 1139; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 842; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 50.3] Referred to in § 50.5