1996-08 Amending Title 7 Elections - Ballot Form ChangesWHEREAS, official ballot form for Kodiak Island Borough elections shall be prepared
in the manner prescribed by law for state elections; and
WHEREAS, changes to elections in Alaska Statutes prescribe the placement of
names of candidates on the official ballot be determined by the director; and
WHEREAS, this change is cost - effective and allows the placement on the sample
ballot to be identical to the official ballot;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND
BOROUGH THAT:
Section 1: This ordinance is a general and permanent nature and shall become a
part of the Kodiak Island Borough Code of Ordinances.
Section 2: Title 7 Elections Chapter 7.30 Procedures for Conduct of Elections of
the Kodiak Island Borough Code of Ordinances is hereby amended as
follows and relettered accordingly:
7.30.030 Ballots- -Form.
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KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
ORDINANCE NO. 96 -08
Introduced by: Assembly
Requested by: Borough Clerk
Drafted by: Borough Clerk
Introduced: 08/01/96
Public Hearing: 08/15/96
Adopted: 08/15/96
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH CODE OF ORDINANCES
TITLE 7 ELECT IONS CHAPTER 7.30 PROCEDURES FOR CONDUCT OF ELECT IONS
TO REFLECT CHANGES IN THE BALLOT FORM
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C. Ballots shall be prepared in the manner prescribed by law for state elections, insofar as such
prescription is applicable to nonpartisan elections. The ballots shall be numbered in series, the
number being placed in an area set off by perforations for ease of removal and on a portion of the
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ballot that can be seen when the manner in which the ballot is marked is concealed from view.
D. All candidates to the same office shall be shown on one (1) ballot. The title of each office
to be filled shall be followed by the printed names of all candidates for that office, and provisions
shall be made for write -in's equal in number to the positions to be filled. The names of candidates
shall be printed as they appear upon the declaration of candidacy except that any honorary or
assumed title or prefix shall be omitted. The words "Vote for not more than ", with the
appropriate number replacing the blank, shall be placed before the lists of candidates for each
office. Names of candidates shall appear on the ballot in-rotated-positions 1
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E. Following the offices and candidates, there shall be placed on the ballot or on separate
ballots, as the clerk may determine, all propositions or questions to be voted on. The words
"YES" and "NO" shall be placed below the statement of each proposition or question. The clerk
shall determine the number of ballots to be used to present all offices, propositions and questions
to the qualified voter.
F. Each ballot shall bear the words "Official Ballot" and the date of the election.
G. The clerk shall have printed and available at each polling place, on election day and in the
clerk's office preceding the election, the appropriate tinted sample ballots for each election.
ATTEST:
as prescribed
ADOPTED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
THIS FIFTEENTH DAY OF AUGUST, 1996
«\ Donna F. Smith, CMC /AAE, Borough Clerk
Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska
KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
Jerorb'e M. Selb�ough
Gar L. Stevens, Presiding Officer
Ordinance No. 96 -08
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