File #: O-21-16    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Adopted
File created: 4/29/2016 In control: City Council
On agenda: 6/20/2016 Final action: 6/20/2016
Title: Title 4 - Elections - For the purpose of amending and updating Chapters 4.28 and 4.44 of the Code of the City of Annapolis concerning absentee voting and fair election practices; and matters generally relating to absentee voting and fair election practices.
Sponsors: Jared Littmann, Rhonda Pindell Charles
Indexes: Board of Supervisors of Elections, Rules and City Government Committee
Attachments: 1. O-21-16 Election Code Ordinance.pdf, 2. O-21-16 Staff Report.pdf, 3. O-21-16 Fiscal Impact.pdf, 4. O-21-16 Bd of Supervisors of Elections Proposed Amendments.pdf, 5. O-21-16 Rules Proposed amendments.pdf, 6. O-21-16 SIGNED.pdf
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Title 4 - Elections - For the purpose of amending and updating Chapters 4.28 and 4.44 of the Code of the City of Annapolis concerning absentee voting and fair election practices; and matters generally relating to absentee voting and fair election practices.
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CITY COUNCIL OF THE
City of Annapolis

Ordinance 21-16 Amended

Introduced by: Alderman Littmann and Alderwoman Pindell Charles


Referred to
Board of Supervisors of Elections
Rules and City Government Committee


AN ORDINANCE concerning

Title 4 - Elections

FOR the purpose of amending and updating Chapters 4.28 and 4.44 of the Code of the City of Annapolis concerning absentee voting and fair election practices; and matters generally relating to absentee voting.

BY repealing and re-enacting with amendments the following portions of the Code of the City of Annapolis, 2015 Edition
4.28.010
4.28.030
4.28.050
4.28.060
4.28.090
4.28.100
4.44.130

BY repealing the following portion of the Code of the City of Annapolis, 2015 Edition
4.28.110


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 4.28.010 - Qualifications APPLICATION FOR ABSENTEE BALLOT.

A. A registered voter may vote by absentee ballot if:

1. The voter is absent for any reason from the City on any election day;
2. The voter is unable to vote in person on any election day because of observing a religious holiday;
3. The voter is an employee of the Elections Board, including any judge, who is required to be absent from the precinct in which the employee is registered to vote; or
4. The voter whose physical disability or confinement, illness or accident that are serious to cause confinement, will prevent the voter from being present and personally voting at the polls on any election day.
BA. A REGISTERED VOTER MAY VOTE BY ABSENTEE BALLOT. The voter shall make appli...

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