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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance_118_08/12/1966~ ~ ORDINANCE N0. 118 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE QUALIFICATION OF ELECTORS, VOTER REGISTRATION; THE DUTIES OF THE 1tk~ISTRAR FOK VOTING; PURGING OF THE REGISTRATION BOOKS; ABSENTEE BALIATS; AND VOTING PROCEDURE FOR ABSENTEE ELECTORS. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE VIIZ~E COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA, PAIM BEACH COUNTY, FIARSDA, as follows: Section 1. In order for any individual to be eligible to vote in any general or special election held hereafter in the Village of Tequesta he must have the qualifications prescribed by Section 14, Article III, of the Charter of the Village and said individual must be registered in the manner hereinafter provided. Section 2. (a) The Village Clerk shall be the registrar for voting registration, and shall be the custodian of the registra- tion books. He shall keep the registration books of the Village at his office or at such other place or places as the Council shall from time to time designate. (b) The registration books of the Village shall be open for registering voters during the regular business hours of the office of the Vil]a.ge Clerk, provided however, said book shall be closed during the ten (10) days immediately preceding any election. (c) The Village Clerk shall have the authority to demand such proof of qualification to vote as shall be reasonably necessary to satisfy him that the person attempting to register is in fact qualified to vote in the Vi1la.ge elections. Section 3. Every person applying for registration shall subscribe to the following oath or affirmation: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will protect and defend the Constitution of the United States and of the State of Florida; that I am 21 years of age; that I am a citizen of the United States and of the State of Florida; and that I have been, or at the time of holding the next election will have been, a resident of the Village of Tequesta, Florida, fora period of six months. That I am qualified to vote in such Village elections under the Charter of the Village of Tequesta, constitution and laws of the State of Florida." The Clerk or any Deputy Clerk is hereby authorized and required to administer this oath. '4~en a person has been registered as herein required, the Village Clerk shall furnish such person a certificate of registration. Section 4. (a) The Village Council may, at its discretion but not less than ninety (90) days prior to any regular or special election, authorize the Village Clerk to revise the registration books of the Village. Upon receiving said authorization the Village Clerk shall mail to each elector in the Village ~y~o did not vote in any election in the Village during the past two years, a notice to be filled in, signed and returned by mail within thirty (30) days after the notice is postmarked. The form to be returned shall advise the Village Clerk whether or not the elector still meets the qualifi- cations to vote prescribed by the Village Charter. The names of those electors who are deceased or who no longer meet said qualifications and the names of electors failing to return said notice within the thirty (30) day period shall be stricken from the registration books. The Village Council shall so purge the registration books at least once within two years of the adoption of this Ordinance and at least once every two years thereafter. (b) A list of the electors so stricken from the registration books shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the Village of Tequesta. Any person whose name has been stricken shall have the right to re-register upon satisfactory proof to the Village Clerk of his eligibility to vote. Section 5. (a) Any elector who will be absent from the County on the day of election or who is physically incapable of appearing at the polling place on the day of election may make applica- tion for absentee voting with the Village Clerk either in person or by mail, at any time during the fifteen (I5) day period preceding any election but not later than the fifth day preceding such election. (b) Upon receiving said application the Village Clerk shall issue to the absentee elector an official ballot of the Village, printed envelopes and an affidavit in the fo nn provided herein. Such elector shall mark such ballot in the manner provided -2- for, designating the candidate of his choice, and shall thereupon place the ballot in a plain envelope upon which there shall be no mark of identification, and securely seal the same. Such elector shall thereupon make affidavit to the effect that his absence from the Village is temporary, or that he is prevented by sickness from casting his ballot in a regularly designated voting place, as the case may he, and that he is a qualified elector of the Village. Said affidavit shall be i.n the form set out herein. Such elector shall thereupon place the envelope containing his ballot together with the affidavit executed as aforesaid in a second envelope upon which the words "Absentee Ballot" shall be printed. Said outer envelope shall be signed by the elector in the space provided, sealed and addressed to the Village Clerk of the Village and delivered to the Village Clerk in person or sent to the Village Clerk by United States mail. Form of Affidavit STATE OF ) COUNTY OF } I, , Being first duly sworn, depose and day: 1. That I am a duly qualified and registered elector of the Village of Tequesta, Florida, and am entitled to vote in the election to be held in the Village on 2. That on the day of said election I well be (CHECK ONE) a. Temporarily absent from said Village and thus unable to personally cast my ballot in said election; b. That I will be unable to personally cast my ballot in said election on account of illness. Sworn to and subscribed Signature before me this day of , i9 Notary Public My Commission expires (c) Prior to the day of election the Village Clerk shall keep unopened in his office all envelopes received containing marked ballots for absentee electors. All marked absentee -3- 'f ~. electors ballots to be counted must be received by the Yillage Clerk by 5:00 o~clock P.M. on the day preceding any election. (d) The Village Clerk shall keep a list showing the names of all applicants for absentee ballots, the date of mailing or delivering the ballot to the elector, and the date of receiving the ballot from the elector. (e) 'lhe absentee be,llots shall be counted on the day of election as provided by ordinance. Section 6. Ordinance No. 23 and all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith, be and the same are hereby repealed. Section 7. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its passage and approval as provided by la.w. PASSED AND ADOPTED ON ' ~ ~ ~ '~ _ ItFADIlJG this ~___a_ day of J ~ , 1966 . r--- i wf , BERT E. -4- n ~~ ~ ;~ ~. DAIS BIEDSOE J ATTEST : r~~~r~=/,t' .,s ~ -~ t YILLAGE CILRK