95. Mail Ballots and/or Electronic Ballots (Am 28 May 2003)
At least fourteen calendar days before the deadline for completion of voting, the appropriate Secretary shall provide to each voter, either through the mail or electronically, either a ballot or instructions for voting electronically, accompanied by all relevant texts, such background information prepared by the Secretary as the Assembly or Division may direct, a brief summary of arguments pro and con, and a deadline for the return of the ballots or for electronic voting. (Am 28 May 2003; Am 12 May 2004)
In the case of mail ballots, each voter shall receive a plain envelope in which to enclose a marked ballot, and a second envelope addressed to the appropriate Secretary to be used for the return of the sealed ballot. The envelope addressed to the Secretary shall have a space for the signature of the voter. Ballots lacking this validating signature shall be deemed void. (Am 5 May 88; Am 28 May 2003)
For electronic voting, the appropriate Secretary shall utilize a system which verifies each voter's identity and which maintains security. (En 28 May 2003)
The appropriate Secretary shall deliver the ballots or the electronically received votes to the agency authorized to count the ballots and to certify the results to the appropriate legislative agency. (Am 28 May 2003)
The appropriate Secretary, in certifying the results, shall give the tally of votes, including invalid ballots.
Throughout these Bylaws the term "mail ballot" shall denote either a mail or electronic ballot. (Am 12 May 2004)