The borough clerk shall provide booths at each polling place, with enough supplies and materials to enable each voter to mark their ballot hidden from observation.
(Code 1989 § 67-1; Ord. 07-13 § 2; Ord. 18-17 § 2)
The borough clerk shall prepare for each polling place instructions for the guidance of voters covering the following:
A.
How to obtain a ballot;
B.
How to mark a ballot;
C.
How to obtain additional information; and
D.
How to obtain a new ballot to replace any ballot destroyed or spoiled.
The borough clerk shall furnish a necessary number of these instruction sheets to the election judges in the voting place.
(Code 1989 § 67-2; Ord. 07-13 § 2; Ord. 18-17 § 2)
In all municipal elections, the borough clerk will be responsible for the printing of ballots. The ballots shall be printed and in the possession of the borough clerk at least 20 days before the date set for a regular or special election. There shall be at least 10 ballots printed on colored paper, with the words "Sample Ballot" printed on them, to be posted in the clerk's office until election day, and samples given to the judges of each polling place.
(Code 1989 § 67-3; Ord. 07-13 § 2; Ord. 18-17 § 2)
A.
The ballots shall state at the top whether the election is a regular or special election.
B.
The ballots shall include instructions on how to mark the ballots.
C.
The ballots will be printed on plain white paper and numbered in consecutive order to assure secrecy and to prevent fraud. The clerk shall assure that there are enough ballots printed to provide for 100 percent of the total number of registered voters by mail plus 50 percent of the total number of registered voters at the polling locations.
D.
A ballot shall show the list of candidates and issues to be decided at the election.
E.
Under the title of each office and before the printed names of the candidates, there shall be printed "vote for one" or such other number(s) as are to be elected to that office. The ballots shall list the office for which votes may be cast. The name of each office shall be followed by the names of all candidates for that office listed in a random order, and by a blank line or lines for write-in candidates. In regular and special elections, the number of blank lines provided for each office shall be equal to the number of persons who are to be elected to the office. No blank lines shall be provided for run-off elections.
F.
The names of the candidates shall be printed in capital letters of the same size. On each line on which the name of a candidate is printed and on the line of each blank provided for write-in candidates, a square not less than one-quarter of an inch on each side shall be printed.
G.
The names of candidates shall be printed as they appear upon the nominating petitions filed with the clerk, except that any honorary or assumed title or prefix shall be omitted.
H.
Following the names of the offices and candidates, there shall be placed on the ballot in the form prescribed by law all propositions and questions to be voted upon, if any. Provision shall be made for marking the propositions or questions "Yes" or "No."
(Code 1989 § 67-4; Ord. 91-11 § 7; Ord. 07-13 § 2; Ord. 18-17 § 2)
At least 10 days prior to the day of the election the clerk shall prepare the following materials:
A.
An updated master voter registration list, containing the names, in alphabetical order, of all registered voters eligible to vote in the election;
B.
A blank register in which the voters may print and sign their names and print their residence addresses, and in which the election official may note the number of the ballot issued to the voter;
C.
Tally sheets;
D.
A form for the report of preliminary election results;
E.
Envelopes bearing the oath and affidavit of eligibility for questioned ballots;
F.
Two large envelopes for each polling place, one marked "Spoiled Ballots" and the other marked "Questioned Ballots"; and
G.
Copies of the notice of election and the municipality's elections ordinances.
(Code 1989 § 67-5; Ord. 07-13 § 2; Ord. 18-17 § 2)