(a) if it bears any mark or writing by which the elector can be identified, or
(b) if it bears no mark at all to indicate the vote, it bears a mark elsewhere than on or near the symbol of one of the candidates on the face of the ballot paper or, it bears a mark made otherwise than with the instrument supplied for the purpose, or
(c) if votes are given on it in favour of more than one candidate, or
(d) if the mark indicating the vote thereon is placed in such manner as to make it doubtful as to which candidate the vote has been given, or
(e) if it is a spurious ballot paper, or
(f) if it is so damaged or mutilated that its identity as a genuine ballot paper cannot be established, or
(g) if it bears a serial number, or is of a design, different from the serial numbers, or, as the case may be, design, of the ballot papers authorised for use at the particular polling station, or
(h) if it does not bear both the distinguishing mark and the signature which it should have borne under the provisions of rule 45.
Section 58 • Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj (Conduct of Elections) Rules, 2006
58. Grounds for rejection of ballot papers.
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