Note Reports to 2020-2025 legislature on implementation of elections by mail. L 2019, c 136, §59. §11-101 Elections eligible to be conducted by mail. Beginning with the 2020 primary election, all elections shall be conducted by mail in accordance with this title. A voter in an election conducted by mail shall not be precluded from […]
§11-102 Procedures for conducting elections by mail. (a) Ballot packages for elections by mail shall include: (1) An official ballot; (2) A return identification envelope with postage prepaid; (3) A secrecy envelope or secrecy sleeve; and (4) Instructions. (b) To the extent practicable, the clerk shall mail a ballot package by non-forwardable mail to each […]
§11-103 Public notice of mailing. Public notice of the date or dates on which the initial ballot packages are to be mailed shall be given by the clerks before the ballot packages are made available to voters. [L 2019, c 136, pt of §2]
§11-104 Ballot instructions; ballot return. (a) After a voter receives a ballot package, the voter shall comply with the instructions included in the ballot package in order to cast a valid vote. The instructions shall include directions for: (1) Marking the ballot; (2) Inserting the marked ballot in the secrecy envelope or secrecy sleeve; (3) […]
§11-105 Replacement ballots. (a) A voter may obtain a replacement ballot if the ballot was destroyed, spoiled, or lost by contacting the clerk. The chief election officer may prescribe a replacement ballot application form that shall include information that allows the clerk to verify the registration of the voter and ensure that another ballot has […]
§11-106 Deficient return identification envelopes. If: (1) A return identification envelope is returned with an unsigned affirmation; (2) The affirmation signature does not match a reference signature image; or (3) A return identification envelope contains another condition that would not allow the counting of the ballot, the clerk shall make an attempt to notify the […]
§11-107 Electronic transmission under certain circumstances. (a) If a ballot package is not received by a voter by the fifth day before the date of the election or a voter otherwise requires a replacement ballot within five days of an election, the voter may request that a ballot be forwarded by electronic transmission. Upon receipt […]
§11-108 Counting of mail-in ballots; validity; ballots included in recounts; certification of final tabulation. (a) Ballot processing for tabulation may begin no sooner than the eighteenth day before the election. In the presence of official observers, counting center employees may open the return identification envelopes and count the ballots; provided that any tabulation of the […]
§11-109 Voter service centers; places of deposit. (a) Voter service centers shall be established by the clerks to service the particular needs of each county’s voters. (b) In each county, a voter service center shall be open from the tenth business day preceding the day of the election during regular business hours until the closing […]
§11-110 Election expenses and responsibilities for elections by mail. (a) Election expenses in an election by mail shall be as follows: (1) All expenses related to elections by mail involving both state and county offices, or involving both federal and county offices, unrelated to voter registration, shall be divided in half between the State and […]
