Ballot Preparation Clause Samples

Ballot Preparation. 1. Determine whether a ballot race, ballot question, or ballot issue is properly placed before the voters.

Ballot Preparation. The Town shall furnish the Contracting Officer a list of candidates and/or propositions showing the order and the exact manner in which their names and/or proposition(s) are to appear on the official ballot (including bilingual titles and text). This list shall be delivered to the Contracting Officer as soon as possible after ballot positions have been determined. The Town shall perform the duties required for drawing for place on the ballot by candidates. The Town shall also be responsible for proofreading and approving (including bilingual titles and text) the ballot insofar as it pertains to the Town’s candidates and/or propositions.

Ballot Preparation. 1. Determine whether a ballot race, ballot question, or ballot issue is properly placed before the voters. 2. Prepare a list of candidates and the ballot title and text for each ballot question and ballot issue. To avoid space issues on the ballot, County Clerk requests each ballot question and issue be not more than two hundred fifty (250) words. Each ballot issue or ballot question submitted shall be followed by the words "yes/for" and "no/against". Sign on the line provided below to indicate acknowledgement: 3. Provide a certified copy of the ballot content (race(s), question(s) and issue(s)) to County Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on September 3, 2021, pursuant to C.R.S. §1-5- 203(3)(a). Political Subdivision must provide certified ballot content as an email attachment to: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇. The ballot content must be certified exactly in the order in which it is to be printed on the ballot pages and sample ballots in the following format:

Ballot Preparation. 1. Provide the Political Subdivision with a Ballot Certification Template for use in preparing the ballot content for certification. SEE EXHIBIT A (includes Ballot Certification Template, Candidate Race Certification Worksheet and Ballot Measure Certification Worksheet) 2. Lay out the text of the ballot in a format that complies with Title 1 of the Colorado Revised Statutes and the Colorado Secretary of State Election Rules for the relevant year of the Election. To avoid ballot space issues, County Clerk requests each ballot question and ballot issue be not more than two hundred fifty (250) words. 3. Assign the letter and/or number of Political Subdivision's ballot question(s) or ballot issue(s) which will appear on the ballot, and provide this assignment to Political Subdivision. a. Ballot question(s) are defined as state or local matters involving citizen petition, referred measures and all non-▇▇▇▇▇ issues. b. Ballot issue(s) are defined as state or local matters arising under Section 20 of Article X of the state constitution relating to ▇▇▇▇▇ issues. c. Ballot measure is defined as a term often used to encompass both a ballot question and ballot issue. Sign on the line provided below to indicate acknowledgement. Signature 4. Communicate with the Political Subdivision if obvious errors and discrepancies are found in the ballot certification. 5. Provide ballot printing layouts and text for Political Subdivision’s review and signature. If Political Subdivision fails to provide approval by the required deadline, the content is to be considered approved. 6. Certify the ballot content to the printer(s). 7. Contract for ballots.

Ballot Preparation i. No later than 3:00 p.m. on September 4, 2020, the Jurisdiction shall electronically submit its ballot certification to the County Clerk via text document (preferably Microsoft Word – no PDF). If the Jurisdiction fails to submit the ballot certification by the above deadline, the ballot certification may not be accepted by the County Clerk. 1) The Jurisdiction’s ballot certification shall include all of the races, candidates and contests that will be presented to the Jurisdiction’s voters in the Election, including the text of all Ballot Measures, in the exact order that they need to appear on the ballot. 2) The ballot certification shall not be embedded in an email and shall not contain any extraordinary (unique) formatting. Examples of extraordinary (unique) formatting not permitted in the ballot certification include, but are not limited to: (a) text boxes; (b) charts; (c) spreadsheets; (d) strikeouts; (e) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇; and

Ballot Preparation. 1. Provide the Entity with a Ballot Certification Template for use in preparing the ballot content for certification. (See Attachments C & D)

Ballot Preparation. Arizona law charges the Board to “prepare and provide ballots” for elections, A.R.S. § 16-503, and to prepare sample ballots for general elections,

Ballot Preparation. The District shall furnish the Contracting Officer a list of candidates and/or propositions showing the order and the exact manner in which their names and/or propositions(s) are to appear on the official ballot (including bilingual titles and text). This list shall be delivered to the Contracting Officer as soon as possible after ballot positions have been determined. The District shall perform the duties required for drawing for place on the ballot by candidates. The District shall also be responsible for proofreading and approving (including bilingual titles and text) the ballot insofar as it pertains to the District’s candidates and/or propositions.

Ballot Preparation. 1. The City shall determine whether a ballot race, ballot question, or ballot issue is properly placed before the voters. The City shall prepare a list of candidates and the ballot title and text for each ballot question and ballot issue. To avoid space issues on the ballot, the County Clerk requests each ballot question and issue be not more than two hundred fifty (250) words. Each ballot issue or ballot question submitted shall be followed by the words "yes/for" and "no/against". Sign on the line provided below to indicate acknowledgement by the City.