What is the effect of identifying marks placed on an absentee ballot at the suggestion of an election official?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Wilks v. Mouton, 159 Cal.App.3d 792, 205 Cal.Rptr. 735 (Cal. App. 1984):
8 The main opinion fails to discuss the entirely different situation manifested in the substantive departure found in Fair I where a single ballot was voided due to the voter's identifying marks placed upon the absentee ballot at the suggestion of the election official. (Fair v. Hernandez, supra, 116 Cal.App.3d at p. 878, 172 Cal.Rptr. 379.)
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