HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE 1800-1998Suggested by: Administration
CITY OF KENAI
ORDINANCE N0. 1800-98
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, AMENDING
KMC 6.05 TO ALLOW AND SET PROCEDURES FOR SPECIAL ELECTIONS BY MAIL BY
ADDING SUBSECTIONS 6.05.300 THROUGH 6.05.340.
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the City of Kenai to have the ability to hold
special elections by mail; and,
WHEREAS, because ballots would be mailed to all registered voters within the city for a
special election, by-mail elections may result in increased voter turnout; and,
WHEREAS, holding special elections by mail has the potential of less cost due to using
fewer election workers, supplies, advertising costs, etc.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
KENAI, Alaska, that- KMC 6.05 is amended to include subsections 6.05.300
through 6.05.340, providing for special elections by mail, as set forth in
Attachment A herein.
PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, this 21St day of
October, 1998.
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Carol L. Freas, City Clerk
Introduced: October 7, 1998
Adopted: October 21, 1998
Effective: November 21, 1998
(9/29/98 sp)
Chanter 6.05
VOTING QUALIFICATIONS AND PROCEDURES
Sections
6.05.010 Qualifications for Voters.
6.05.020 Registration.
6.05.030 Precinct and Polling Place.
6.05.040 Precinct Board.
6.05.050 Compensation of Election Personnel.
6.05.060 Watchers.
6.05.070 City Clerk to Supervise City Elections.
6.05.080 City Clerk to Prepare and Furnish Ballots .
6.05.090 Ballot Boxes, Voting Booths.
6.05.100 Notice of Elections; Regular and Special.
6.05.110 Conducting an Election; Canvassing Returns.
6.05.120 Establishment of Canvassing Board and Procedures.
6.05.130 Tie Votes.
6.05.140 Absentee Voting.
6.05.150 Absentee Voting-Application.
6.05.160 Absentee Voting; Ballots.
6.05.170 Absentee Voting; Canvassing Ballots.
6.05.180 Voting -Authorized.
6.05.190 Voting -Boards .
6.05.200 Voting -Use of Computers .
6.05.210 Voting -Tests and Security.
6.05.220 Recount of Votes; Application.
6.05.230 Appeal to the Courts After Recount.
6.05.240 Election Contests.
6.05.250 Rules and Regulations.
6.05.260 City Election Time.
6.05.270 Offenses and Penalties.
6.05.280 Record Retention.
6.05.300 Voting by Mail. Ballots. Ballot Reviews Ballot Envelopes.
6.05.310 Casting Ballots.
6.05.320 Notice of Election, Election Date, Public Notice.
6.05.330 Absentee Votin Officials. Duties.
6.05.340 Storin Ballots .
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6.05.300 Voting by mail, ballots, ballot reviews ballot enveloues. (a) The City
Clerk may conduct a special election by mail.
(b) When the Clerk conducts a special election by mail, the Clerk shall send a ballot
to each person whose name appears on the official voter registration list prepared under AS
15.07.125 for that election. The ballot shall be sent to the address stated on the official registration
list unless the voter has notified the Clerk in writing of a different address to which the ballot should
be sent. The Clerk shall send ballots by first class, non-forwardable mail on or before the 22nd day
before the election.
(c) The Clerk shall review ballots voted under this section under procedures
established for the review of absentee ballots.
(d) There shall be a small blank envelope and a return envelope supplied to each by-
mail voter. The return envelope shall have printed on it an affidavit by which the voter shall declare
his qualification to vote, followed by provision for attestation by two attesting witnesses, who are at
least eighteen (18) years of age. Specific instructions for voting a by-mail ballot and a list of the
appointed absentee voting officials, their hours and locations, will be mailed to each voter with the
ballot.
6.05.310 Casting ballots. (a) Upon receipt of a mail-in ballot, the voter shall cast
his ballot in the manner specified in KMC 6.05.014-160. If the ballot is cast in the Clerk's office,
the Clerk shall retain it for delivery to the canvas board. If the ballot is cast in another location, the
voter shall return it by mail to the Clerk immediately for delivery to the canvas board.
(b) A voter who does not receive amail-in ballot may cast his ballot in person as
specified in KMC 6.05.145.
(c) A voter may return the mail-in ballot to the City Clerk as provided in KMC
6.05.160.
6.05.320 Notice of election, election date. public notice. (a) The notice of election
calling for the election must state that the election is to be conducted by mail and that there will be
no polling place open for regular in-person voting on election day. In a by-mail election, Election
Day is the deadline by which a voter's ballot must be received by the Clerk.
(b) For each election conducted by mail, the public notice will be given as set forth in
KMC 6.05.100.
6.05.330 Absentee voting official and duties. (a) The City Clerk, or her designee,
shall act as absentee voting official.
(b) The duties of the absentee voting official shall be as follows:
1. Provide absentee voting in person on any date, including the day of the
election, and absentee voting through a personal representative on any date, including
the day of the election, and have until the day of the election to return the ballots.
2. Sign a voter's by-mail oath and affidavit envelope as an authorized
attesting official, except that the absentee voting official may not attest his or her own
ballot.
3. Accept receipt of a by-mail voter's hand-delivered voted ballot, which
has been sworn to, attested and sealed in the by-mail return envelope.
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4. Provide general voter assistance, including but not limited to, assistance
to a qualified voter who cannot read, mark the ballot, or sign his name, and rovidin
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replacement ballots to voters who have improperly marked or damaged their ballots .
5. Date-stamp all ballots received.
6. Provide for the security and safekeeping of all ballots received and
present those ballots to the Clerk for canvassing.
6.05.340 Storin ballots. The Clerk shall provide for the secure storage of the mail-
in ballots received from the voters and by-mail officials until the date set by the Clerk for the
counting of the ballots.
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