CHAPTER 25.27: ELECTIONS BY MAIL
Section
25.27.010 Voting by mail; special elections
25.27.030 Notice of by-mail election; election date; public notice
25.27.040 Absentee voting; in-person
25.27.010 VOTING BY MAIL; SPECIAL ELECTIONS.
(A) The clerk may conduct a special election by mail with approval of the assembly.
(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 A.S. 15.07.125 for that election. The ballots shall be sent to the addresses stated on the official registration list unless a 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, nonforwardable mail once the ballots are in the clerk’s possession and ready for distribution.
(C) The clerk shall review ballots voted under this section using procedures established for the review of absentee ballots.
(D) A secrecy sleeve and a return envelope shall be supplied to each by-mail voter. The return envelope shall have printed upon it a certification by which the voter shall declare his qualifications to vote, followed by provision for attestation by a person qualified to administer oaths or two attesting witnesses who are at least 18 years of age. Specific instructions for voting a by-mail ballot and a list of the absentee in-person voting locations and hours shall be mailed to each voter with the ballot.
(Ord. 03-074(AM), § 10 (part), 2003)
25.27.020 CASTING BALLOTS.
(A) Upon receipt of a by-mail ballot, the voter shall cast the ballot in the manner specified in MSB 25.25.020 with the following exceptions:
(1) Ballots must be postmarked by midnight on the day of election and received in the clerk’s office no later than the Friday following the election.
(2) A voter who does not receive a by-mail ballot may cast their ballot in person as specified in MSB 25.25.051.
(Ord. 03-074(AM), § 10 (part), 2003)
25.27.030 NOTICE OF BY-MAIL 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 the day of election, with the exception of designated absentee in-person polling locations.
(B) For each election conducted by mail, the election notice, the notice of voter registration, and the notice of bonded indebtedness shall include the information specified in MSB 25.20.020.
(Ord. 03-074(AM), § 10 (part), 2003)
25.27.040 ABSENTEE VOTING; IN-PERSON.
(A) The procedure for absentee voting in-person during by-mail elections shall follow the procedures outlined in MSB 25.25.051.
(Ord. 03-074(AM), § 10 (part), 2003)