Duplicate Ballot
Defined across 4 sources. Duplicate Ballot: A ballot substituted for a damaged or partially invalid ballot.
Definition
A ballot substituted for a damaged or partially invalid ballot. Duplicate ballots are usually remade by a regulated process where the votes from the damaged or partially invalid ballot are duplicated onto another ballot that can tabulated by a scanner.
Alternative Definitions
- Definition 2
1. A “ballot for which a duplicate is made in order to be properly processed and counted due to damage, improper marking or some other r eason which would prevent a counter from accurately counting the ballot in accordance with the voter's intent.” Utah Admin. Rule R623- 2-3(E). 2. “[T]wo or more identical ballots stuck together given to one voter.” S. D. Rules 5:02:16:00(7). Also DOUBLE BALLOT.