Iowa Code 52.29 – Optical scan voting system sample ballots
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Terms Used In Iowa Code 52.29
- Ballot: includes paper ballots designed to be read by automatic tabulating equipment. See Iowa Code 52.1
- Optical scan voting system: means a system employing paper ballots under which votes are cast by voters by marking paper ballots with a ballot marking device and thereafter counted by use of automatic tabulating equipment. See Iowa Code 52.1
The commissioner shall provide for each precinct where an optical scan voting system is in use at least one sample optical scan ballot which shall be an exact copy of the official ballots as printed for that precinct. The sample ballot shall be posted prominently within the polling place, and shall be open to public inspection during the hours the polls are open on election day. If the ballot used on election day has offices or questions appearing on the back of the ballot, both sides of the sample ballot shall be displayed.