§ 168.691Official ballots; names of candidates; identification numeral; compliance

Sec. 691.



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    (1) Each board of election commissioners shall have printed on the ballot, or on ballot labels
 or slips to be placed on a voting machine, when used, the names of the candidates certified to
 that board under this act. A candidate's name shall not be placed or printed in more than 1
 column on the ballot for the same office. A board of election commissioners for a county or
 city may arrange the ballots with an identification numeral placed in the same space with the
 name of each of the candidates. That identification numeral shall be rotated with the name of
 the candidate, and when rotated, shall appear in the same space with the same candidate
 regardless of where the candidate's name appears on the ballot.
    (2) The name of a candidate appearing on a ballot shall comply with sections 560b and 561.