Iowa § 53.27 - 53.27 Rejection of ballot — return of envelope.
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§ 53.27. 53.27 Rejection of ballot — return of envelope.
If the ballot is rejected, the envelope marked with the affidavit, with the voter’s endorsement thereon, shall be returned with the rejected ballot in the envelope endorsed “Defective ballots”. [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §953; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §53.27] 2007 Acts, ch 215, §235; 2014 Acts, ch 1101, §25, 32 Referred to in §53.18, 53.49 Wed Dec 10 22:25:28 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Section 53.27 (22, 0)
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