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A. The ballots shall be counted by the ballot tabulation system selected by the clerk.

B. At no time during the tallying of votes may anyone but the election officials handle the ballots. The ballots shall not be marked in any way by anyone during the tallying.

C. Hand-counted ballots shall be tabulated according to the following rules:

1. A voter may mark a ballot only by the use of cross marks, “X” marks, diagonal, horizontal, or vertical marks, solid marks, stars, circles, asterisks, checks or plus signs that are clearly spaced in the oval opposite the name of the candidate or proposition the voter desires to designate.

2. Failure to properly mark a ballot as to one or more candidates does not itself invalidate the entire ballot.

3. 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.

4. If a voter marks more names than there are persons to be elected to the office, the votes for that office shall not be counted.

5. Improper marks on the ballot shall not be counted and shall not invalidate marks for candidates or propositions properly made.

6. An erasure or correction invalidates only that section of the ballot in which it appears, unless the intent of the voter is clear.

7. The mark specified in subsection (C)(1) of this section shall be counted only if it is substantially inside the oval provided, or touching the oval so as to indicate clearly that the voter intended the particular oval to be designated.

D. Ballots may not be counted before 8:00 p.m., local time, on the day of the election. (Ord. 12-009 § 14, 2012; Ord. 620 § 10, 2004; Ord. 546 § 33, 1999)