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HomeMy WebLinkAboutS07-City Clerk 1__ 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 2.56.146 TO THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE RETURN AND COUNTING OF ABSENTEE BALLOTS AND DECLARING THE URGENCY THEREOF. THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 2.56.146 is hereby added to the San Bernardino Municipal Code to read as follows: "2.56.146 Return and Counting of Absentee Ballots. All absentee ballots shall be voted on or before the day of the election. After marking the ballot, the absent voter shall either: (1) return the ballot by mail or in person to the official from whom it came or (2) return the ballot in person to any member of a precinct board at any polling place within the jurisdiction. The ballot must, however, be received by either the official from whom it came or the precinct board before the close of the polls on election day. "The City Clerk shall establish procedures to insure the secrecy of any ballot returned to a precinct polling place. "The provisions of this section are mandatory, not directory, and no absent voter ballot shall be counted if it is not delivered in compliance with this section." SECTION 3. 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 DAB: lda March 29, 1989 1 S-1 "-- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 o o 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 , 1989, by the following vote, to wit: of 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: 23 11 ! ') , 'J.r 24 J-:1' ,.~, -! . _.!.' '-<,' _1 25 ,// City Attorney / 26 27 28 DAB: Ida March 29, 1989 2