§ 4.28.030. Emergency ballot.

A.

After the Friday preceding an election and on the day of the election prior to the time the polls close, any person registered and otherwise qualified to vote may apply for an emergency absentee ballot if the person is notified after the time for making application for an absentee ballot that, as a condition of employment, the person is required to be absent from the City on the day of an election, if the person is unable to be physically present at the polls as a result of illness or accident occurring after the time of making application for an absentee ballot, or if the person is unable to be present because of a death or serious illness in the person's immediate family occurring after the time for making application.

B.

The application shall be made setting forth the reason why the voter is unable to be present at the polls on the day of the election.

C.

Upon receipt of the application, the board shall issue to the applicant, or the applicant's duly authorized agent, an absentee ballot which shall be marked by the voter, placed in a sealed envelope, and returned to the board.

D.

If the applicant does not apply in person, the application shall designate a voter registered in the City as agent for the purpose of delivering the absentee ballot to the voter. An agent may so act for only one voter per election. The agent shall execute an affidavit under penalty of perjury that the ballot was delivered to the voter who submitted the application, was marked by the voter in the agent's presence, was placed in a sealed envelope in the agent's presence, and returned, under seal, to the board by the agent. The agent's affidavit shall be completed and signed in front of the voter. The voter shall certify under penalties of perjury that the agent signed the affidavit in front of the other and when the agent returns the affidavit of agent and oath of absentee voter to the board, the agent shall sign a form indicating that the agent personally secured that absentee vote and all requirements of the law were complied with in obtaining the absentee vote.

E.

In applying for an emergency absentee ballot, a voter may be assisted by another person, but in casting an emergency ballot, only an election judge will assist the voter, as provided in Section 4.28.020.

F.

Any emergency absentee ballot received by the board after the time for closing of the polls may not be counted.

(Ord. O-7-97 § 1 (part); Ord. O-39-91 § 1 (part); prior code § 7A-139(b))

(Ord. No. O-21-16 Amended, § I, 6-20-2016)