DIVISION 14. ELECTION DAY PROCEDURES 14000-14443›CHAPTER 3. Procedures at Polls 14200-14314›ARTICLE 4. Issuing Ballots and Voting 14270-14300

§ 14290

California Elections Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

The precinct board shall immediately cancel, without unfolding them, all the spoiled ballots returned. The board shall write the word “spoiled” on the back of each spoiled ballot in ink or indelible pencil and return the spoiled ballots with the unused ballots.

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

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