Type D Notice of Polling Place and Board of Canvas

 

NOTICE OF SPRING ELECTION AND

SAMPLE BALLOTS – APRIL 4, 2017

 

Office of the Town of Auburn Clerk

To the Electors of the Town of Auburn

 

Notice is hereby given of a spring election to be held in the

Town of Auburn on the 7th day of April, 2017, at which the

officers named below shall be chosen.  The names of the can-

didates for each office to be voted for, whose nominations have

been certified to or filed in this office, are given under the title of

the office, each in its proper column, in the sample ballot below.

 

INFORMATION TO ELECTORS

 

Upon entering the polling place, an elector shall give his or her name and address before

being permitted to vote.  Where ballots are distributed to the electors, the initials of two

inspectors must appear on the ballot.  Upon being permitted to vote, the elector shall retire

alone to a voting booth and cast his or her ballot except that an elector who is a parent or

guardian may be accompanied by the elector’s minor child or minor ward.  An election

official may inform the elector of the proper manner for casting a vote, but the official may

not in any manner advise or indicate a particular voting choice.

 

At the spring election, where the automatic voting machine is used, the elector shall fill in the

oval next to the name of the candidate of his or her choice for each office for whom he or she

intends to vote.  To vote for a person whose name does not appear on the ballot, the elector

shall write the name of the person of his or her choice in the space provided and fill in the oval.

 

The vote should not be cast in any other manner.  If the elector spoils the ballot, he or she

shall return it to an election official who shall issue another ballot in its place, but not more

than three ballots shall be issued to any one elector.  If the ballot has not been initialed by

two inspectors or is defective in any other way, the elector shall return it to the election

official, who shall issue a proper ballot in its place.  Not more than five minutes’ time shall

be allowed inside a voting booth or machine.  Unofficial ballots or a memorandum to assist

the elector in casting his or her vote may be taken into the booth and copied.  The sample

ballot shall not be shown to anyone so as to reveal how the ballot is marked.

 

After an official ballot is marked, where the automatic voting machine is used, the elector

shall insert the ballot in the voting machine, or deliver the ballot to an inspector for deposit.

The elector shall leave the polling place promptly.

 

An elector may select an individual to assist in casting his or her vote if the elector

declares to a presiding official that he or she is unable to read, has difficulty reading,

writing or understanding English or that due to a disability is unable to cast his or her

ballot.  The selected individual rendering assistance may not be the elector’s employer or

an agent of that employer or an officer or agent of a labor organization which represents

the elector.

 

The following is a sample of the official ballots:

 

 

 

Judy Misner/Clerk