(A) A voter shall mark a ballot by filling in the oval with a pen.
(B) If a voter damages or mismarks their ballot they may be issued a replacement after tearing the spoiled ballot and giving it to an election judge. The election judges will keep a tally of the spoiled ballots. No voter may be given more than two replacement ballots.
(C) A failure to properly mark a ballot as to one or more candidates does not itself invalidate the entire ballot.
(D) 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.
(E) 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.
(F) The mark shall be counted only if it substantially fills the inside of the oval provided.
(G) Improper marks on the ballot shall not be counted and shall not invalidate marks for candidates properly made.
(H) An erasure or correction invalidates only that section of the ballot in which it appears.
(I) Write-in votes are not invalidated by writing in the name of a candidate whose name is printed on the ballot.
(J) Stickers bearing a candidate’s name may not be used on ballots.
(Ord. No. 2001-06, passed 5-22-01; Am. Ord. 2017-08, passed 6-27-17)