16-246. Early balloting; satellite locations; additional procedures

1. Within ninety days preceding the Saturday before the presidential preference election and not later than 5:00 p.m. on the Friday preceding the election, any elector who is eligible to vote in the presidential preference election may make a verbal or signed, written request for an official early ballot to the county recorder or other officer in charge of elections for the county in which the elector is registered to vote. If the request is verbal, the requesting elector shall provide the date of birth and birthplace or other information that if compared to the voter registration records for that elector would confirm the identity of the elector.

2. Absent uniformed services voters or overseas voters who are otherwise eligible to vote in the election may vote as prescribed by sections 16-543, 16-543.01 and 16-543.02. The list of candidates that is sent as prescribed by section 16-543.01 shall be a list of all candidates who have qualified for the presidential preference ballot by the thirty-sixth day before the presidential preference election.

3. The county recorder may establish on-site early voting locations at the office of the county recorder or at other locations in the county deemed necessary or appropriate by the recorder. Early voting shall begin fifteen days before the presidential preference election and shall end on the Friday before the presidential preference election.

4. The county recorder shall send by first class mail with the endorsement "do not forward - address correction requested" any early ballots that are requested pursuant to subsections A and B of this section and shall include a preaddressed envelope for the elector to return the completed ballot.

5. The county recorder shall provide to each election board an appropriate alphabetized list of voters who have requested and have been sent an early ballot. Any person who is on that list of voters and who was sent an early ballot shall not vote at the polling place for that election precinct except as prescribed by section 16-579, subsection B.

6. The county recorder may provide for any of the following in the same manner prescribed by law for other elections:
   1. Special election boards.

   2. Emergency balloting for persons who experience an emergency after 5:00 p.m. on the Friday preceding the presidential preference election and before 5:00 p.m. on the Monday immediately preceding the presidential preference election.

7. Sections 16-550, 16-551 and 16-552 govern the use of early balloting for the presidential preference election.

WARNING - The above text was curent June 2003, but may be outdated now.