Abandoned Ballot

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Definition 2

A ballot that has been partially filled out but not cast. A ballot left by a FLEEING VOTER. Iowa Admin. Code §721-26.60(49). The states differ as to whether such a ballot should be cast without being examined by precinct officials or i nvalidated. In Iowa, it is cast. Iowa Admin. Code §721-22.432(52). A “ballot that the voter did not place in the ballot box or record as cast on [a] DRE before leaving the POLLING PLACE.” 2005 VVSG GLOSSARY.

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