Iowa Administrative Code
Agency 721 - Secretary of State
Division II - Elections
Chapter 26 - Counting Votes
Rule 721-26.12 - Wrong Ballots

Universal Citation: IA Admin Code 721-26.12
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 6, September 18, 2024

Optical scan voting equipment shall be programmed to reject ballots not coded for use in the precinct, as required by 721-subrule 22.201(1). If a recount board appointed pursuant to Iowa Code section 50.48 finds ballots that are coded for a precinct other than the precinct being tabulated, those ballots shall not be counted unless the commissioner or the commissioner's designee reports that the wrong ballots were delivered to the polling place. The recount board shall immediately report to the commissioner the number of these ballots. The recount board and the commissioner shall securely seal the ballots coded for another precinct and attach to the ballot package a report of the findings. A copy of the report shall be forwarded to the county attorney as a possible violation of Iowa Code section 39A.2(1) "b"(2).

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