2.49.050 Failure to file-Removal of candidate’s name from ballot.
A. If a candidate fails to file an interim report due before the election, the City Recorder shall, after making a reasonable attempt to discover if the report was timely mailed, inform the appropriate election official who:
1. Shall, if practicable, remove the name of the candidate by blacking out the candidate’s name before the ballots are delivered to voters; or
2. Shall, if removing the candidate’s name from the ballot is not practicable, inform the voters by any practicable method that the candidate has been disqualified and that votes cast for the candidate will not be counted; and
3. May not count any votes for that candidate.
B. Notwithstanding subsection A above, a candidate is not disqualified if:
1. The candidate files the reports required by this section;
2. Those reports are completed, detailing accurately and completely the information required by this section except for inadvertent omissions or insignificant errors or inaccuracies; and
3. Those omissions, errors, or inaccuracies are corrected in an amended report or in the next scheduled report.
C. A report is considered filed if:
1. It is received in the City Recorder’s office no later than five p.m. on the date that it is due;
2. It is received in the City Recorder’s office with a postmark three days or more before the date the report was due; or
3. The candidate has proof that the report was mailed, with appropriate postage and addressing, three days before the report was due. (Ord. 03-08 (part), 2003)