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If a voter places a mark beside the names of more candidates for an office than are to be <br />elected or nominated, the ballot is defective with respect only to that office. No vote shall be <br />counted for any candidate for that office, but the rest of the ballot shall be counted if <br />possible. At a primary, if a voter has not indicated a party preference and places a mark <br />beside the names of candidates of more than one party on the partisan ballot, the ballot is <br />totally defective and no votes on it shall be counted. If a voter has indicated a party <br />preference at a primary, only votes cast for candidates of that party shall be counted. <br />Subd. 3a.Votes yes and no. <br />If a voter votes both yes and no on a question, no vote may be counted for that question, <br />but the rest of the ballot must be counted if possible. <br />Subd. 4.Name written in proper place. <br />If a voter has written the name of an individual in the proper place on a general or <br />special election ballot a vote shall be counted for that individual whether or not the voter <br />makes a mark in the oval or other target shape opposite the blank. <br />Subd. 4a.Write-in vote for candidate team. <br />A write-in vote cast for a candidate for governor without a write-in vote for a candidate <br />for lieutenant governor must be counted as a vote for the candidate team including the <br />lieutenant governor candidate selected by that candidate for governor. <br />Subd. 5.Name written on primary ballot. <br />If a voter has written the name of an individual on a primary or special primary ballot, a <br />vote shall not be counted for that office. <br />Subd. 6.Mark out of place. <br />If a mark (X) is made out of its proper place, but so near a name or space as to indicate <br />clearly the voter's intent, the vote shall be counted. <br />Subd. 7.A11 written names or marks counted up to limit. <br />If a number of individuals are to be elected to the same office, the election judges shall <br />count all names written in and all printed names with marks in oval or other target shape <br />opposite them, not exceeding the whole number to be elected. When fewer names than the <br />number to be elected are marked or written in, only the marked or written in names shall be <br />counted. When more names than the number to be elected are marked or written in, the ballot <br />is defective with respect to that office and no vote shall be counted for that office. <br />Subd. 8.Misspelling; abbreviations. <br />