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Tit. IV, Ch. 8. VOTING MACHINES. §§ 499-al2-508.
SEC. 499-al2. Compensation of officials.
1 Compensation for counting judges and clerks shall be the same
2 as now provided by law for clerks and judges of election.
[39 G. A., ch. 60, § 13.]
SEC. 499-al3. Applicability of law.
1 This chapter shall apply to all general and primary elections, but
2 shall not apply to school elections or town elections, or where voting
3 machines are used.
[39 G. A., ch. 60, §§ 12, 14.]
SEC. 499-al4. Violations—penalty.
1 Any judge or clerk violating the provisions of this chapter shall
2 be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be liable
3 to a fine of not to exceed five hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the
4 county jail not to exceed six months. Any person so convicted shall be
5 disfranchised for five years thereafter. And anyone circulating or
6 attempting to circulate any information with reference to the result
7 of the counted ballots shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished
8 as provided by this section.
[39 G. A., ch. 60, § 8.]
CHAPTER 8.
VOTING MACHINES.
SECTION 508. Ballots—form—party circle.
1 All ballots shall be printed in black ink on clear, white material,
2 of such size as will fit the ballot frame, and in as plain, clear type as the
3 space will reasonably permit. The party name for each political
4 party represented on the machine shall be prefixed to the list of candi-
5 dates of such party. The order of the list of candidates of the several
6 parties or organizations shall be arranged as provided in section four
7 hundred thirty-two of this supplement, except that the lists may be
8 arranged in horizontal rows or vertical columns.
9 The provisions of section four hundred thirty-two of this supple-
10 ment shall not be applicable to voting machines owned prior to April
11 first, nineteen hundred twenty-one, by any county or municipality in
12 Iowa, in so far as they relate to the party circle and the form of the
13 ballot generally ; but nothing herein contained shall prohibit the use of
14 voting machines equipped to comply with the foregoing provisions.
[S., '13, § 1137-al5; 39 G. A., ch. 266, § 1.]