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(a) All paper ballots provided by the county board of election commissioners of any county in this state for any election shall be alike and shall be printed in plain type.
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(b) Each ballot shall be printed on paper with a perforated portion capable of being detached for use as the ballot stub.
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(c)
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(1) As ballots are printed, the portion that shall be used as the ballot stub shall be numbered consecutively beginning with the number one (1).
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(2) The number on the last ballot printed shall show the total number of ballots provided for the election.
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(d)
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(1) The heading on the front or inner side of each ballot shall be: “OFFICIAL BALLOT. Vote by placing an appropriate mark opposite the person for whom you wish to vote.”
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(2) If the ballot contains an initiated or referred amendment, act, or measure, the heading shall also contain these words: “Vote on amendments, acts, and measures by placing an appropriate mark below the amendment (or act or measure) either FOR or AGAINST.”
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(e) Beneath the heading on each paper ballot there shall be printed instructions that inform the voter:
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(1) Of the effect of casting multiple votes for an office; and
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(2) How to correct the ballot before it is cast and counted, including without limitation instructions on how to correct an error through the issuance of a replacement ballot if the voter was otherwise unable to change the ballot or correct an error.
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