4.20.050 Special needs voting.
A. A qualified voter with a disability who, because of that disability, is unable to go to a polling place to vote may vote a special needs ballot.
B. The request for a special needs ballot may be made to:
1. An election official at an early voting location designated by the clerk at a time when the voting location is in operation; or
2. An election official at a polling place on election day.
C. The representative shall deliver the special needs ballot and other voting materials to the voter as soon as practicable. The voter shall mark the ballot in secret, place the ballot in a secrecy sleeve, and place the secrecy sleeve in the envelope provided. The voter shall enter the voter’s name and the name of the representative on the envelope and shall sign the voter’s certificate in the presence of the representative. The representative shall sign and date the representative’s certificate as provided on the envelope.
D. If a voter’s disability precludes the voter from performing any of the requirements of subsection (C) of this section, the representative may perform those requirements, except making the voting decision and signing the certificate on the ballot envelope, on the voter’s behalf.
E. The representative shall deliver the ballot envelope to an election official at a polling place not later than 8:00 p.m. on Election Day. An election official shall deliver the voted special needs ballot to the clerk as directed by the clerk.
F. No person who is a candidate for office at the election, an immediate family member of the candidate, the voter’s employer, an agent of the voter’s employer, or an officer or agent of the voter’s union may act as a representative for a voter. (Ord. 16-15 § 11, 2016; Ord. 12-20 § 23, 2012; Ord. 06-21 § 2, 2006; Ord. 03-15 § 6, 2003)