Title
Municipal Elections - Canvassing - For the purpose of modifying the day on which the Board of Canvassers shall convene following all municipal elections.
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CITY COUNCIL OF THE
City of Annapolis
Ordinance 18-21
Introduced by: Mayor Buckley
Co-sponsored by:
Referred to
Rules and City Government
AN ORDINANCE concerning
Municipal Elections - Canvassing
FOR the purpose of modifying the day on which the Board of Canvassers shall convene following all municipal elections.
BY repealing and reenacting with amendments the following portions of the Code of the City of Annapolis, 2021 Edition
4.28.100
4.32.010
SECTION I: BE IT ESTABLISHED AND ORDAINED BY THE ANNAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL that the Code of the City of Annapolis shall be amended to read as follows:
Title 4 - ELECTIONS
Chapter 4.28 - ABSENTEE VOTING
Section 4.28.100 Canvassing of ballots.
A. The board shall not open or unfold any provisional or absentee ballot at any time prior to the closing of the polls.
B. At any time after the closing of the polls on election day and not later than the canvass of the votes cast at the regular voting places in the City, the board shall meet at the office of the board and shall proceed to count, certify and canvass the absentee ballots contained in the ballot envelopes.
C. Timeliness of absentee ballots:
1. A ballot shall be considered as received timely, provided:
a. It has been received by the board prior to the closing of the polls on election day; or
b. It was mailed on or before election day, the United States Postal Service, or postal service of any other country, has provided verification of that fact by affixing a mark so indicating on the covering envelope, and the board receives the ballot from the United States Postal Service not later than 10:00 a.m. on the date of the canvass TUESDAY FOLLOWING THE ELECTION DAY.
2. Any ballot not received in accordance with subparagraph 1 above shall not be counted.
D. All ballots are presumed t...
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