DIVISION 13. BALLOTS, SAMPLE BALLOTS, AND VOTER PAMPHLETS 13000-13502›CHAPTER 3. Ballot Printing Specifications 13200-13282›ARTICLE 3. Vote Tabulating Devices 13240-13247

§ 13243

California Elections Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

The ballots may contain printed code marks or punched holes that may be used for placing the ballots in correct reading position in the counting devices. The code marks or punched holes shall not be used in any way that will reveal the identity of the voters voting the ballots.

(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

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