(a) All paper ballots provided by the county board of election commissioners of any county in this state for any election shall be alike and shall be printed in plain type.
(b) Each ballot shall be printed on paper with a perforated portion capable of being detached for use as the ballot stub.
(c)
(1) As ballots are printed, the portion that shall be used as the ballot stub shall be numbered consecutively beginning with the number one (1).
(2) The number on the last ballot printed shall show the total number of ballots provided for the election.
(d)
(1) The heading on the front or inner side of each ballot shall be: "OFFICIAL BALLOT. Vote by placing an appropriate mark opposite the person for whom you wish to vote".
(2) If the ballot contains an initiated or referred amendment, act, or measure, the heading shall also contain these words: "Vote on amendments, acts, and measures by placing an appropriate mark below the amendment (or act or measure) either FOR or AGAINST".
(e) Beneath the heading on each paper ballot there shall be printed instructions that inform the voter:
(1) Of the effect of casting multiple votes for an office; and
(2) How to correct the ballot before it is cast and counted, including without limitation instructions on how to correct an error through the issuance of a replacement ballot if the voter was otherwise unable to change the ballot or correct an error.
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