(a) Not more than twenty-seven (27) days before the election and not fewer than fifteen (15) days before the election, the city clerk shall send by non-forwardable mail all official ballots with printed instructions and a return envelope bearing a printed ballot affidavit to each active registered voter entitled to vote in the election. The envelope in which the ballot is mailed shall be clearly marked with the statement required by the postmaster to receive an address correction and notification.
(b) In a primary election, any qualified elector not registered as a member of a political party qualified for the ballot, shall have the opportunity to designate the ballot of one of the political parties that is qualified for the ballot. The elector may receive and vote the ballot of only that one political party. By voting for one of these parties, it will not change the voter registration status of the elector.
(c) The mayor and council shall determine whether the voter or the city will pay for the postage for the return of electors' marked ballots. An elector who votes in a vote by mail election shall return the elector's marked ballot to the city clerk or to a designated depository site no later than 7:00 p.m. on the day of the election.
(Ord. No. 11525, § 2, 2-21-18)