Sec. 28.7. (a) The two (2) poll clerks of each precinct shall place their initials in ink on the secrecy envelope of a ballot card (or on the fold-over part of a ballot card described in section 18(b)(1) of this chapter) at the time the card is issued to a voter. The initials must be in the poll clerk's ordinary handwriting or printing and without a distinguishing mark of any kind. (b) This subsection is enacted to comply with 52 U.S.C. 21081 by establishing uniform and nondiscriminatory standards to define what constitutes a vote on an optical scan voting system. A write-in vote cast on a secrecy envelope or fold-over envelope: (1) is not valid unless: (A) the secrecy envelope is initialed by both poll clerks; and (B) the vote includes both the name of the write-in candidate and the office for which the write-in vote is cast; and (2) makes the secrecy envelope or fold-over envelope a ballot for purposes of this title.
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