§ 13215 Ballot Stub Requirements

• •A stub can be printed on the same sheet as the ballot, but it can’t be deeper than one inch.
• •The stub must be separated by a horizontal perforated line that goes all the way across.
• •Only the ballot number may be printed on the stub.
• •Stubs aren’t required for ballots printed by on‑demand or similar printing systems.

A voter receives a paper ballot that has a tiny piece at the bottom that can be torn off. That piece only has the ballot’s number on it.

The tiny piece follows the rule because it’s less than an inch deep, has a perforated line across it, and only shows the ballot number. If the same ballot were printed by a machine that prints each ballot only when needed, the tiny piece wouldn’t be required at all.