(a) Within ninety-three (93) days before any city election not being conducted as vote by mail, an elector may make a request to the city clerk for an early ballot. The request shall include the name, the residence or temporary address and date of birth of the requester.
(b) If a request is made by a qualified and registered elector within twenty-seven (27) days before the election, the city clerk shall mail the ballot together with the affidavit postage prepaid to the elector within forty-eight (48) hours after receipt of the request. If an early ballot request is received on or before the thirty-first day before the election, the early ballot shall be distributed not earlier than the twenty-seventh day before the election and not later than the twenty-fourth day before the election.
(c) All requests must be received by 5:00 p.m. on the eleventh (11th) day before the election. If the request indicates that the elector desires a general election ballot as well as a primary election ballot, the city clerk shall honor the request, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and other legal holidays.
(d) Upon specific request by a qualified elector, or where the city clerk deems hand delivery appropriate, the city clerk may, in lieu of mailing, authorize deputy city clerks to hand deliver the ballot, together with the affidavit, to the elector.
(e) Any qualified elector who is unable to go to the voting location because of confinement due to a continuing illness or physical disability, may request that the city clerk have a special election board personally deliver a ballot to the qualified elector at their place of confinement. Such requests must be made by 5:00 p.m. on the second (2nd) Friday before the election. This paragraph shall not be construed to limit the city clerk's powers regarding emergency voting under subsection (f) below.
(f) At the city clerk's discretion, a qualified elector may request to vote early, between 5:00 p.m. on the eleventh (11th) day before the election and 5:00 p.m. on the Monday preceding the election, as a result of an emergency. For purposes of this section, "emergency" means any unforeseen circumstances that would prevent the elector from voting.
(g) The city clerk may, in the city clerk's discretion, establish on site early voting locations. Any qualified elector who appears no later than 5:00 p.m. on the Friday before the election at an on-site early voting location shall be permitted to vote at the on site location.
(Ord. No. 11525, § 2, 2-21-18)