A. The clerk may conduct any election by mail with approval of the Bethel city council, following a public hearing. An ordinance approving an election by mail under this section must be adopted by the council no later than sixty (60) calendar days before the day of the election.

B. If the clerk conducts an election by mail, the clerk shall send a ballot to each person whose name appears on the official voter registration list prepared under AS 15.07.125 for that election. The ballot shall be sent to the address stated on the official registration list unless the voter has notified the clerk in writing of a different address to which the ballot should be sent, or the address on the official registration list has been identified as being an undeliverable address. The clerk shall send ballots by first-class, nonforwardable mail, on or before the twenty-second (22nd) day before the election.

C. The clerk shall supply a secrecy sleeve and a return envelope to each by-mail voter. The return envelope shall have printed upon it an affidavit by which the voter shall declare the voter’s qualification to vote, followed by a provision for attestation by a person qualified to administer oaths or one (1) attesting witness who is at least eighteen (18) years of age. Specific instructions for voting a by-mail ballot and a list of the vote centers and hours and days of operation shall be mailed to each voter with the ballot.

D. A vote center shall be made available to voters fourteen (14) days prior to election day, for the purpose of providing voter assistance for casting votes by mail. [Ord. 20-13 § 2, 2020.]