A. When a voter has qualified to vote, the election official shall give the voter an official ballot. The voter shall retire to a booth or private place to mark the ballot. After a voter has marked the ballot, the voter shall deposit the ballot in the ballot box in the presence of the election official unless the voter requests the election official to deposit the ballot.

B. Subject to BMC 7.50.070, a voter may not exhibit the voter’s ballot to an election official or any other person so as to enable any person to ascertain how the voter marked the ballot. [Ord. 11-13 § 2.]