§ Iowa Code § 49.84Marking and return of ballot

49.84 Marking and return of ballot.
1. a. After receiving the ballot, the voter shall immediately go to the next available voting
booth and without delay mark the ballot. All voters shall vote in booths.
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Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 49 (55, 2)
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METHOD OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS, §49.89
b. Before leaving the voting booth, the voter may enclose the ballot in a secrecy folder to
conceal the marks on the ballot.
c. If the precinct has automatic tabulating equipment that will not permit more than one
ballot to be inserted at a time, the voter may insert the ballot into the tabulating device;
otherwise, the election official shall place the ballot in the ballot box. An identifying mark or
symbol shall not be endorsed on the voter’s ballot.
2. This section does not prohibit a voter from taking minor children into the voting booth
with the voter.
[C51, §257; R60, §492; C73, §617; C97, §1117, 1119; S13, §1119; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §801;