RA 180 (Revised Election Code) Section 136

Disposition of spoiled ballots.

Section 136

SEC. 136. Disposition of spoiled ballots.—If a voter shall soil or deface a ballot in such a way that it cannot lawfully be used, he shall surrender it folded to the inspector or poll clerk from whom he received it, and such inspector or poll clerk shall give another one, but no voter shall change his ballot more than twice. Each ballot given to a voter shall be announced in the polling place and the inspector or poll clerk who has given it shall record the fact of its delivery in his copy of the registry list. The spoiled ballot shall without unfolding it and without removing the detachable coupon be distinctly marked with the word "spoiled" and signed by the inspectors on the indorsement fold thereof and immediately placed in the box for spoiled ballots. (C. A. 357-131, modified)

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