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A. The following rules apply to the hand counting of ballots:

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. The mark specified in this subsection 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.

2. Failure to properly mark a ballot as to one or more candidates or propositions 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. An erasure or correction invalidates only that section of the ballot in which it appears, unless the intent of the voter is clear.

6. Improper marks on the ballot may not be counted and do not invalidate marks for candidates properly made. (Ord. 12-20 § 38, 2012)