As used in this part 11, unless the context otherwise requires:
"Independent mail ballot election" means a mail ballot election that the governingbody of a local government determines will not be coordinated by the county clerk and recorder.
"Mail ballot packet" means the packet of information provided by the designatedelection official to eligible electors in the independent mail ballot election. The packet includes the ballot, instructions for completing the ballot, a secrecy envelope, and a return envelope.
"Publication" means one-time printing in a newspaper of general circulation in thelocal government or proposed special district if there is such a newspaper, or, if not, in a newspaper in the county in which the local government or proposed special district is or will be located. For a local government with territory in more than one county, if there is no newspaper of general circulation in the local government, "publication" means the one-time printing in a newspaper of general circulation in each county in which the local government is located and in which fifty or more eligible electors of the local government resides.
"Return envelope" means an envelope that is printed with spaces for the name andaddress of, and a self-affirmation substantially in the form described in section 1-13.5-605 (1) to be signed by, an eligible elector voting in an independent mail ballot election, into which envelope must fit a secrecy envelope. A return envelope must be designed to allow election officials, upon examining the signature, name, and address on the outside of the envelope, to determine whether the enclosed ballot is being submitted by an eligible elector who has not previously voted in that particular election.
"Secrecy envelope" means the envelope or sleeve used for an independent mail ballotelection that contains the eligible elector's ballot for the election and that is designed to conceal and maintain the confidentiality of the elector's vote until the counting of votes for that particular election.
Source: L. 2014: Entire article added, (HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 43, § 6, effective February
18. L. 2016: (1) amended, (HB 16-1442), ch. 313, p. 1269, § 11, effective August 10.