§ 168.765cDamaged or defective absent voter ballot; duplicate copy

Sec. 765c.
    If an absent voter ballot is damaged or defective so that the absent voter ballot cannot be
 properly counted by the electronic tabulating equipment, a true duplicate copy of that absent
 voter ballot must be made by the election inspectors from different political parties and
 substituted for the damaged or defective absent voter ballot. A damaged or defective absent
 voter ballot that cannot be properly counted by the electronic tabulating equipment includes an
 absent voter ballot issued to an elector that is for the wrong precinct. The election inspectors
 shall duplicate the absent voter ballot on the correct precinct ballot only for the candidates and
 ballot proposals that remain the same. Each duplicate ballot must be clearly labeled
 "duplicate" by the election inspectors, and that duplicate ballot must bear a serial number that
 is recorded on the damaged or defective absent voter ballot under procedures provided by the
 secretary of state.