7.50.110 Special needs voting.
A. A voter with a disability who, because of that disability, is unable to go to a polling place or absentee voting office to vote may vote a special needs ballot.
B. The voter, through a representative, may request a special needs ballot from:
1. The clerk on or after the fifteenth (15th) calendar day before a regular election or on or after the tenth (10th) calendar day before a special election; or
2. An absentee voting official at an absentee voting station designated by the clerk at a time when the absentee voting station is in operation; or
3. A member of the precinct election board on election day.
C. A representative requesting a special needs ballot shall sign a register provided by an election official. The register must include the following information:
1. The representative’s name; and
2. The name of the voter on whose behalf the representative is requesting a ballot and voting materials.
D. The representative shall deliver the special needs ballot and other voting materials to the voter as soon as practicable. The voter shall mark the ballot in secret, place the ballot in a secrecy sleeve, and place the secrecy sleeve in the envelope provided. The voter shall provide the information on the envelope and shall sign the voter’s certificate in the presence of the representative. The representative shall witness the voter’s signature, and sign and date the representative’s oath as provided on the envelope.
E. If a voter’s disability precludes the voter from performing any of the requirements of subsection D of this section, the representative may perform those requirements, except making the voting decision, on the voter’s behalf.
F. The representative shall deliver the ballot envelope to a city election official at a city precinct not later than 8:00 p.m. on election day. An election official shall deliver the voted special needs ballot to the clerk. The clerk shall deliver the voted special needs ballot to the canvass board for canvassing.
G. No person who is a candidate for office at the election, an immediate family member of the candidate, the voter’s employer, an agent of the voter’s employer, or an officer or agent of the voter’s union may act as a representative for a voter. [Ord. 11-13 § 2.]