7.10.020 Definitions.
In this title, unless the context otherwise requires:
A. “Business day” means the days the city’s administrative offices are open to provide general services to the public, excluding weekends and holidays.
B. “City” means city of Bethel.
C. “City election” means any election:
1. To fill a city office;
2. Upon a proposition submitted to the voters under the ordinances of the city; or
3. That the city is required by law to administer.
D. “Clerk” means city clerk or any properly authorized designee to the city clerk.
E. “Calendar day” means consecutive days succeeding one another in regular order.
F. “Election” includes any regular or special city election.
G. “Election official” includes election officials at the polls, the clerk, the clerk’s office staff, absentee voting officials, canvass board, and review board.
H. “Immediate family” means a candidate’s grandparents, parents, grandchildren, children, siblings, spouse, spouse’s children, spouses of children, or a regular member of the candidate’s household.
I. “Oath” means any form of attestation by which a person signifies the person is bound in conscience to perform and act faithfully and truthfully. Oath includes affirmation.
J. “Precinct” means the territory within which resident voters may cast votes at one (1) polling place.
K. “Precinct register” means the register maintained by the Director of the State Division of Elections.
L. “Proposition” means an initiative, referendum, recall, or other question submitted by the council to the public at an election.
M. “Qualified voter” means any voter who has the qualifications required by this title and is not disqualified under Article V of the Alaska State Constitution.
N. “Questioned voter” means a voter:
1. Whose name does not appear on the register in the precinct where the voter attempts to vote;
2. Who has received an absentee ballot and does not turn it in when voting at the voter’s precinct on election day;
3. Who does not present identification or is not personally known to an election official though the voter’s name appears on the precinct register; or
4. Who is questioned for good cause at the polls in writing pursuant to BMC 7.50.100.
O. “Registration” or “registered” refers to the form of registration required by the state election code. For city elections, a person is registered if registered to vote in state elections at an address within the boundaries of the city thirty (30) calendar days prior to the city elections.
P. “Regular ballot” means a ballot voted at the polls which is not questioned or an absentee ballot.
Q. “Regular election” means the city election held on the first (1st) Tuesday of October annually, unless a different date or interval of years is provided by ordinance.
R. “Signature” or “subscription” includes a mark intended as a signature or subscription.
S. “Special election” means any election held at a time other than when a regular election is held.
T. “Swear” includes “affirm.”
U. “Voter” means a person who votes a ballot either in person or by absentee ballot. [Ord. 11-13 § 2.]