(a) A voter may mark his ballot only by the use of crossmarks, "X" marks, checks, or plus signs that are clearly spaced in the square opposite the name of the candidate the voter desires to designate.
(b) A failure to properly mark a ballot as to one or more candidates does not itself invalidate the entire ballot.
(c) If a voter marks fewer names than there are persons to be elected to the office, a vote shall be counted for each candidate properly marked.
(d) If a voter marks more names than there are persons to be elected to the office, the votes for candidates for that office shall not be counted.
(e) The mark shall be counted only if it is mostly inside the square provided, or touching the square so as to indicate clearly that the voter intended the particular square to be designated.
(f) Improper marks on the ballot shall not be counted and shall not invalidate marks for candidates made properly.
(g) An erasure or correction invalidates only that section of the ballot in which it appears.
(h) Write-in votes are not invalidated by writing in the name of a candidate whose name is printed on the ballot unless the election board determines, on the basis of other evidence, that the ballot was marked for the purpose of identifying the ballot.
(i) Write-in votes are not invalidated if the voter fails to mark the square provided if in the opinion of the judges the voter intended to vote for the person whose name was written in as a write-in vote.