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2025 California Code
Elections Code - ELEC
DIVISION 13 - BALLOTS, SAMPLE BALLOTS, AND VOTER PAMPHLETS
CHAPTER 3 - Ballot Printing Specifications
ARTICLE 3 - Vote Tabulating Devices
Section 13246.
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CA Elec Code § 13246 (2025)
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13246. The device for marking the ballot may be of any size, shape, or form, and the impression made on the ballot may be in the form of a cross, square, circle, rectangle, or any other design that will clearly indicate the choice of the voter. Any type of ink or other substance that will clearly show the voter’s choice may be used in or in conjunction with the marking device.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
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