168.874 Recount; return of ballots; manner of counting votes.
Sec. 874.
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[I]f the second count of the number of ballots and the number of ballots issued on election day as shown on the poll list do not match, those ballots shall not be recounted as provided in section 871.
If the second count of the number of ballots and the number of ballots issued on election day as shown on the poll list match, the ballots from that precinct shall be counted a third time and the total compared with the number of ballots issued on election day as shown on the poll list.
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If the third count of the number of ballots and the number of ballots issued on election day as shown on the poll list do not match, those ballots shall not be recounted as provided in section 871.
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(b) If the first count described in subdivision (a) or the second and third counts described in subdivision (a) match the number of ballots issued on election day, the ballots shall be placed face up on the table and 1 recount clerk shall call the votes for each candidate or ballot question involved in the recount. (c) Two tally clerks shall simultaneously record the called votes on forms provided for that purpose. (3) The candidates or persons interested ...
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ALL of that precinct's ballots are disqualified -- the votes DO NOT COUNT.
"those ballots shall not be recounted"