Section 17-9-28

Repair or substitution of machine; use of paper ballots instead or to avoid congestion.

If any voting machine being used in any election shall become out of order during such election, it shall, if possible, be repaired or another machine substituted by the authority holding such election, as promptly as possible, for which purpose the county commission or city commission may purchase, rent or lease as many extra voting machines as they may deem necessary; but in case such repair or substitution cannot be made, paper ballots, printed or written, and of any suitable form, may be used for the taking of votes.

In the event the use of paper ballots becomes necessary, as set out in this section, the authority holding such election shall provide a ballot box or similar appropriate receptacle for the deposit of the ballots, and such supplies and election officers as may be necessarily incident to voting by paper ballot. In the event the use of paper ballots becomes necessary as hereinabove provided, such use of paper ballots shall be in all respects as required by law.

(Acts 1939, No. 292, p. 443; Code 1940, T. 17, §110; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 228, p. 2240.)