The City Clerk may challenge a returned identification envelope on the following grounds:
1. The identification envelope is not properly completed according to the instructions and does not accurately identify the voter;
2. The voter did not include the correct last four digits of the social security number;
3. The voter did not properly sign the identification envelope;
4. The voter's name does not appear on the roster;
5. The identification envelope was received after the last date and time provided in Section 23.42.4;
6. The voter was reinstated as an active member, has died or otherwise lost status as an eligible voter based on information provided by the General Manager of the System;
7. The voter has already turned in an identification envelope.
An authorized observer or the City Clerk, prior to the time that the identification envelope is opened, may challenge the eligibility of any person to vote in the election. Challenges by observers may be made only on the following grounds:
1. The identification envelope was not signed by the person whose name appears on the roster; or
2. The person's status as an eligible voter has changed since the person was certified by the General Manager of the System.
Each identification envelope that is challenged shall have written on the envelope the word "Challenge", the reason for the challenge, and the signature of the person imposing the challenge.
The City Clerk shall, with substantiating evidence, sustain or overrule each challenge. Without substantiating evidence being produced within three business days of the election, the challenge shall be overruled and the ballot shall be tallied with the other ballots. Identification envelopes whose challenges have been sustained shall be retained unopened by the City Clerk for a minimum of 90 calendar days after the election results are certified.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 178,442, Eff. 4-15-07.