Sec. 12-44. Instructions to vote by mail and early voters.

   (a)   The city clerk shall supply printed instructions to vote by mail and early voters in substantially the following form that direct them to:

      (1)   sign the affidavit

      (2)   mark the ballot

      (3)   place the ballot inside the signed affidavit

      (4)   return both in the enclosed tamper-evident, self-addressed envelope

   (b)   The instructions shall include the following statement:

   "In order to be valid and counted, the ballot and the affidavit must be delivered to the city clerk or deposited at any voting location in the city no later than 7:00 p.m. on election day. WARNING - it is a felony to offer or receive any compensation for a ballot."

   (c)   Only the elector may be in possession of that elector's unvoted ballot.

(Ord. No. 11525, § 2, 2-21-18)