TYPE OF BALLOT: Ballots That Indicate Preference, Cast by Member
—if meaning of ballot is clear, and ballot indicates eligible candidate
CREDITED TO CANDIDATE(S): Yes
COUNTED TOWARD NUMBER OF VOTES CAST: Yes
—if ballot indicates ineligible candidate
CREDITED TO CANDIDATE(S): No
COUNTED TOWARD NUMBER OF VOTES CAST: Yes
—if meaning of ballot is unclear, but can’t affect result
CREDITED TO CANDIDATE(S): No
COUNTED TOWARD NUMBER OF VOTES CAST: Yes
—if meaning of ballot is unclear, and may affect result
CREDITED TO CANDIDATE(S): Submit to assembly for decision
COUNTED TOWARD NUMBER OF VOTES CAST: Yes
—two or more filled-out ballots, folded together
CREDITED TO CANDIDATE(S): No
COUNTED TOWARD NUMBER OF VOTES CAST: Yes, but counted as one vote
—one filled-out ballot, folded together with one or more blank ballots
CREDITED TO CANDIDATE(S): Yes
COUNTED TOWARD NUMBER OF VOTES CAST: Yes
TYPE OF BALLOT: Blank Ballots, Ballots That Indicate No Preference
CREDITED TO CANDIDATE(S): No
COUNTED TOWARD NUMBER OF VOTES CAST: No
TYPE OF BALLOT: Ballots Cast by Nonmember
CREDITED TO CANDIDATE(S): No
COUNTED TOWARD NUMBER OF VOTES CAST: No1
TYPE OF BALLOT: Ballots for Multiple Positions on a Board or Committee
—with votes for full number of positions to fill
COUNTED TOWARD NUMBER OF VOTES CAST: Yes
CREDITED TO CANDIDATE(S): Yes (one vote)2
—with votes for less than full number
CREDITED TO CANDIDATE(S): Yes
COUNTED TOWARD NUMBER OF VOTES CAST: Yes (one vote)2
—with votes for too many candidates
CREDITED TO CANDIDATE(S): No
COUNTED TOWARD NUMBER OF VOTES CAST: Yes (one vote)2
1 If there is evidence that any ballots were cast by persons not entitled to vote but those ballots cannot be identified, and if there is any possibility that such ballots might affect the result, the entire ballot vote is null and void and a new ballot vote must be taken.
2 When votes are cast in one section of the ballot for multiple positions on a board or committee, every ballot with a vote in that section for one or more candidates is counted as one vote cast.