§ 14225 Ballot Slip Removal Requirement

• •The numbered slip must be removed from every in‑person ballot.
• •The removed slip has to be handed to the voter.
• •The rule does not apply to ballots that are mailed in.

A voter walks into a polling place, gets a ballot that has a little paper with a number stuck to it, and the board member removes that paper and hands it to the voter before the ballot goes into the ballot box.

Because the board member took off the number slip and gave it to the voter, the ballot can be placed in the box. If the slip stayed on the ballot, the board member would not be allowed to put it in the box.