(A) (1) Any person offering to vote in an election shall, upon entering the election room, clearly state his or her name and residence to the poll clerk. If such person is found to be duly registered and qualified to vote, one of the Receiving Commissioners shall present to him or her a poll slip, to be signed by the voter and presented to the second Receiving Commissioner.
(2) When the voter’s signature is properly recorded, the second Commissioner and the poll clerk shall each sign their own names in the place indicated on the back of the official ballot and it shall be delivered to the voter, to be voted by him or her then without leaving the election room, and in no case shall either of said officials sign the name of the other.
(B) (1) After preparing the ballot, the voter shall fold the same so that the face shall not be exposed and so that the names of the election officials thereon shall be seen. The voter shall then announce his or her name and present his or her ballot to one of the Commissioners, who shall hand the same to the other Commissioner, who shall deposit it in the ballot box if such ballot is the official one and properly signed.
(2) The Commissioners of the election may inspect every ballot before it is deposited in the ballot box to ascertain whether it is single but without unfolding it or unrolling it so as to disclose its content.
(C) When the voter has voted, he or she shall retire immediately from the election room and beyond the 60-foot limit thereof and shall not return except by permission of the Commissioners.
(Prior Code, § 1-813)