53.26  REJECTED BALLOTS -- HOW HANDLED.
 Every ballot not counted shall be endorsed on the back thereof
 "Rejected because (giving reason therefor)."  All rejected ballots
 shall be enclosed and securely sealed in an envelope on which the
 precinct election officials shall endorse "Defective ballots", with a
 statement of the precinct in which and the date of the election at
 which they were cast, signed by the precinct election officials and
 returned to the same officer and in the same manner as by law
 provided for the return and preservation of official ballots voted at
 such election.
         Section History: Early Form

 [SS15, § 1137-j; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 952; C46, 50, 54, 58,
 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 53.26]
 Referred to in § 53.18, 53.49
 Return of rejected ballots, § 50.5