(a) Not less than ninety (90) days before any regularly scheduled city primary election not being conducted as vote by mail, the city clerk shall mail an election notice to all eligible city voters who are included on the Pima County Permanent Early Voting List. For vote by mail elections, the city clerk shall mail a notice to every active registered voter within the city limits. The notice shall be mailed by non-forwardable mail that is marked with the statement required by the postmaster to receive an address correction notification. The notice shall include:
(1) The date(s) of the election(s) that are the subject of the notice.
(2) The date(s) that the voter's ballot is expected to be mailed.
(3) The address where the ballot will be mailed.
(b) If the voter is not registered as a member of one of the political parties that is recognized for purposes of that primary, the notice shall include information on the procedure for the voter to designate a political party ballot.
(c) The notice shall be delivered with return postage prepaid and shall also include a means for the voter to do any of the following:
(1) Change the mailing address for the voter's ballot for the upcoming election or elections indicated on the notice.
(2) Update the voter's residence address.
(3) Request that the voter not be sent a ballot for the upcoming election or elections indicated on the notice.
(d) If the voter is not registered as a member of a recognized political party and fails to notify the city clerk of the voter's choice of a political party ballot within forty-five (45) days before the primary election, the following apply:
(1) The voter shall not automatically be sent a ballot for that partisan open primary election only and the voter's name shall remain on the permanent early voting list for future elections.
(2) To receive an early ballot for the primary election, the voter shall submit the voter's choice for political party ballot to the city clerk.
(e) A voter may make a written request to the Pima County Recorder at any time to be removed from the permanent early voting list.
(Ord. No. 11525, § 2, 2-21-18)