16-463. Form of ballots; lever machines

1. Ballots prepared for use in a primary election shall be printed on material of a different color for each political party represented.

2. The party name for each political party represented on the machines shall be prefixed to the list of candidates of such parties.

3. The titles of offices may be arranged horizontally with the names of candidates arranged vertically under the title of the office, or the titles of the offices may be arranged vertically with the names of the candidates arranged horizontally opposite the respective titles.

4. The arrangement of the names of the candidates and the offices shall be as uniform as practicable and if not specifically provided for in this article shall be so arranged as to comply with the law governing the use of paper ballots at elections insofar as the construction of the machine will permit.

5. The machine shall be so adjusted that when one or more voting pointers equalling the total number of persons to be elected to that office shall have been operated, all other voting pointers connected with that office shall be thereby locked.

WARNING - The above text was curent June 2003, but may be outdated now.