...the name or initials of the judge who held the ballots. If the voter has marked more names than there are persons to be elected to an office, or if for...filled, his ballot shall not be counted for such office. Ballots not counted for such defects shall be marked "defective" on the back' thereof , and shall be...

...SPOILED BALLOTS.] [Section 313, original act.] Section 10. If the voter marks more names than there are persons to be elected to an office, or if for...filled, his ballot shall not be counted for such office. No ballot without the official indorsement shall be allowed to be deposited in the ballot-box, and...

...sections in the Revised Statutes of 1908. "Sec. 2265. If a voter marks in ink more names than there are persons to be elected to an office, or If, for any reason, it is impossible to determine the choice of any voter for any office to be filled, his ballot shall not be counted for such office. Provided,...

...ballots, It also provides: "* * * If for any reason it is impossible to determine the choice of any voter for any office to be filled, his ballot shall not be counted for such office, provided, however, a defective or Incomplete cross marked on any ballot in ink, In a proper place,...

...persons to be elected to an office, or fails to mark tinballot as required by other sections of this act, or if for any reason it is impossible to determine the voter's choice for an office to be filled, his ballot shall not be counted for such office. No ballot without the official...

...Laws RI 1896, c. 11, I 41: "If a voter marks more names than there are persons to be voted for, for an office, or if for any reason It Is impossible to...shall be counted for all offices properly marked. * * * Ballots not counted shall be marked 'Defective' on the back thereof, and shall be preserved and...

...1903 so as to read: "If a voter has marked his ballot otherwise than as directed by this act, so that for any reason it is impossible to determine the voter's...for any office to be filled, his ballot shall not be U' {.,[:;• In re Jenkintown School Director. counted for such office; but the ballot shall be counted...

...and he is hereby qualified to administer the same. SECT. 26. If a voter marks more names than there are persons to be elected to an office, or if for any reason it is impossible to determ1ne the voter's choice for any office to be filled, his ballot shall not be counted for such...

...requirements ; but those requirements are to be interpreted broadly and reasonably. Section 27 provides that, if for any reason it is impossible to determine the voter's choice for an office to be filled, his ballot shall not he counted for that office. If the converse of this be...

...elected to an office, or if, for any reason, it is impossible to determine the voter's choice for an office to be filled, his ballot shall not be counted for such office^ No ballot shall be rejected for any technical error which does not make it impossible to determine...