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HomeMy WebLinkAboutS06-City Clerk 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 - - - o o ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ADDING SECTION 2.56.144 TO THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO INTERFERENCE WITH THE RETURN OF THE ABSENT VOTERS BALLOT, AND DECLARING THE URGENCY THEREOF. THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 2.56.144 is hereby added to the San Bernardino Municipal Code to read as follows: "2.56.144 Willful Interference with Return of Completed Absent Voter Ballot. Any person, other than the voter, having charge of a completed absent voter ballot who willfully interferes or causes interference with its return to the local elections official having jurisdiction over the election is guilty of a misdemeanor." SECTION 2. This is an urgency ordinance for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health or safety in that it has come to the attention of the Mayor and Common Council that in the upcoming election there may be plans to improperly use the absent voter procedure to subvert the electoral process and due to the imminent date of the election and the dates for applications for absent voter ballots it is necessary that this ordinance take immediate effect in order to protect the unfettered right of suffrage of the citizens of the City of San Bernardino. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was duly adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San Bernardino at a meeting thereof, held on the day of , 1989, by the following vote, to wit: DAB: lda March 30, 1989 1 5-6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ORDINANCE AD~G SECTION 2.56.144 TO TH~N BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATIN~O INTERFERENCE WITH THE R~RN OF THE ABSENT VOTER BALLOT, AND DECLARING THE URGENCY THEREOF. AYES: Council Members NAYS: ABSENT: City Clerk The foregoing ordinance is hereby approved this day of , 1989. Mayor of the City of San Bernardino Approved as to form and legal content: ., :'} Co, tJt~._-;> ."7 :/- ;..:.-....-, //1 City Attorney U DAB:lda March 30, 1989 2