MANAGER'S REPORT:
This ordinance would amend the CBJ Elections Code 29 for housekeeping purposes as well as codifying the change to no longer require a witness signature on a by mail return ballot envelope. To ensure voter identification and security, this amendment would also require the voter to add one personal identifier on the return ballot envelope and provide for greater security of the voter’s signature and identification by requiring a privacy flap over those portion of the return ballot envelope.
Housekeeping changes to the code provide for consistency of language between the code sections pertaining to by mail elections and other forms of election as well as some minor language updates to reflect the terms and methods used in the twenty-first century.
The Assembly Human Resources Committee discussed these changes at its May 24, 2021 meeting and directed staff to draft this ordinance for Assembly consideration. |