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Section 22-6-115 – Specifications for Paper Ballots; Arrangements on Voting Machines.

22-6-115. Specifications for paper ballots; arrangements on voting machines. Official paper ballots shall be uniform in size, printed in black ink on good quality paper through which printing cannot be read. Ballots shall be white except as otherwise provided. On a voting machine each column or row containing the titles of offices and candidates for […]

Section 22-6-116 – Printing Type Size of Party and Candidate Names.

22-6-116. Printing type size of party and candidate names. On official ballots the political party name or title shall be printed in capital letters not less than one-eighth (1/8) inch nor more than one-fourth (1/4) of an inch in height. The names of all candidates shall be printed in the same size letters not less […]

Section 22-6-117 – Order of Listing Offices in Partisan Elections.

22-6-117. Order of listing offices in partisan elections. (a) The major party primary and general partisan election ballots shall contain the offices to be voted on in the following order: (i) President and vice-president of the United States, or electors therefor, or as otherwise required by an act of congress; (ii) United States senator; (iii) […]

Section 22-6-118 – Primary Ballot Colors.

22-6-118. Primary ballot colors. (a) The primary ballot of political parties shall be printed on the following colored paper or on paper with the following color demarcation as provided by rule and regulation of the secretary of state: (i) Republican party-White; (ii) Democratic party-Blue; (iii) Repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 243, § 5. (iv) Additional […]

Section 22-6-106 – Replacement of Lost Ballots.

22-6-106. Replacement of lost ballots. Official ballots not delivered to a polling place or lost, stolen or destroyed shall be replaced immediately by the official providing the ballot. Judges of election receiving replacement ballots shall sign a receipt therefor in which they shall state under oath, before each other, that the original ballots were not […]

Section 22-6-107 – Time for Possession of Ballots and Labels.

22-6-107. Time for possession of ballots and labels. (a) Official ballots for primary and general elections shall be in the county clerk’s possession forty-five (45) days before the election. If a clerk is unable to obtain ballots on time, the secretary of state shall provide by rule and regulation for the clerk to obtain and […]

Section 22-6-108 – Errors or Omissions; Posting.

22-6-108. Errors or omissions; posting. (a) The official responsible for preparing the ballot shall correct errors or omissions as soon as possible. (b) The official shall post a copy of each ballot in his office not later than the day when the official must have the ballot in his possession.

Section 22-6-109 – Elector’s Petition Alleging Error or Omission.

22-6-109. Elector’s petition alleging error or omission. (a) Not later than three (3) days after the ballot is posted an elector may file a notarized affidavit with the county clerk alleging that an error or omission exists in any official ballot to be voted within the county. The county clerk shall, if the affidavit has […]

Section 22-6-110 – Ballot Propositions.

22-6-110. Ballot propositions. A ballot proposition shall be printed as nearly as possible in the manner and form prescribed by law for a constitutional amendment.