50-445 ISSUANCE OF ABSENTEE BALLOT. - Idaho Statutes

TITLE 50

MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS

CHAPTER 4

MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

50-445. Issuance of absentee ballot. [effective until january 1, 2011] Upon receipt of an application for an absent elector’s ballot within the proper time, the city clerk receiving it shall examine the records of his office to ascertain whether or not such applicant is registered and lawfully entitled to vote as requested, and, if found to be so, he shall arrange for the applicant to vote by absent elector’s ballot. The absentee ballot may be delivered to the absent elector in the office of the city clerk, by postage prepaid mail or by other appropriate means.

An elector physically unable to mark his own ballot may receive assistance in marking such ballot from the officer delivering same or an available person of his own choosing. In the event the election officer is requested to render assistance in marking an absent elector’s ballot, the officer shall ascertain the desires of the elector and shall vote the applicant’s ballot accordingly. No city clerk, deputy, or other person assisting a disabled voter shall attempt to influence the vote of such elector in any manner.