When voting on Nov. 7, look on both sides of ballot

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Take a picture ID with your signature to the polling place. Check your notice of voter registration and address confirmation card for your correct polling place location.

2

After receiving your ballot, be sure to look over both the front and back when voting in the privacy of the booth.

3

When voting, do not exceed the maximum number of seats available for a particular office.

4

Be sure to fill in the oval next to your candidate's name completely. The machine might not count your vote if this is marked incorrectly. Your vote could also not count if you vote for more candidates than allowed in a contest.

5

When done voting, place the ballot into the ballot secrecy folder to protect the privacy of your vote.

6

An election official will tear off the ballot stub. Keep the stub as proof of your vote.

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Go to the ballot station, where an official will assist you in the use of the ballot box machine. You remove your ballot from the secrecy folder and carefully slide the ballot into the machine.

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If you mistakenly vote more times than is allowed in a single contest or cross over to vote in different party sections, the machine will stop, signal you with a beep and note that an "overvoted condition" exists somewhere on the ballot. Follow instructions to get your ballot back. Then see a polling precinct official to go through a "spoiled ballot" procedure to correct the error.

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If you do not use a proper marking instrument or do not properly mark the ballot (by completely darkening the oval next to your choice) or leave the ballot blank, the machine will stop, signal you with a beep and indicate that a "marginal mark" exists. You then should see a precinct official to correct the condition.