Defective ballots.

Ballots containing a defect described in section 49.101 shall be counted for the candidate or candidates for such offices named in the nomination papers, certificate of nomination, or certified abstract. [C97, §1122; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 819; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §49.102 ] 2019 Acts, ch 59, §23