16-605. Disposition of paper ballots after
count; marking rejected ballots


A. All paper ballots, as soon as read, or rejected for illegality, shall be strung,
those allowed on one string and those rejected on another, and shall not thereafter be
examined by any person. Each ballot rejected shall be marked "rejected" and the cause of
the rejection endorsed on the back thereof and signed by a majority of the election board
or tally board.


B. All ballots shall, as soon as the counting is completed, be tied with the string
on which they are strung and carefully sealed in a strong envelope to be provided for
that purpose, and each member of the board shall write his name across the seal.