EVCIElection Voter-Confidence Index

This section establishes that sample ballots must be prepared and made available for publication, and that ballot instructions in French must be provided. However, it does not establish a statutory requirement for a comprehensive voter pamphlet (or analog) with defined content requirements for candidate information and ballot-question information. The statute requires sample ballots to be printed 'substantially the same as a regular ballot' but does not enumerate what candidate or ballot-measure content must appear, nor does it mandate distribution of a pamphlet. It addresses sample ballot distribution to newspapers and clerks, but this is narrower than the typical voter information pamphlet requirement. The French-language instruction provision shows some multilingual accommodation but does not establish a codified trigger or scope for multilingual notices beyond ballot instructions.

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No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: While § 355 establishes requirements for candidate consent forms and filing procedures, it does not codify any requirement that candidate-filing documents be made publicly accessible or establish any timeline for such access. The statute mandates what must be included in the consent form and verification requirements, but contains no language addressing public availability, access procedures, or timing for public disclosure of filed nomination petitions or eligibility certifications. The statute addresses the filing requirement itself but not the public accessibility dimension that the criterion requires.

The statute codifies a clear public-notice procedure for candidate disqualification and withdrawal after ballot printing. Subsection 5 specifies that the Secretary of State must immediately prepare and distribute notice to local election officials, distribute notices with absentee ballots, post notices in voting booths on election day, and post notices on the Secretary of State's publicly accessible website. Subsection 6 contains parallel requirements for candidate withdrawals less than 70 days before the primary election. These requirements are mandatory (using "shall") and detailed regarding timing ("immediately"), method (distribution to local officials, absentee ballot inclusion, polling place posting, website posting), and content (identification of the disqualified/withdrawn candidate and statement that votes will not be counted). This satisfies the criterion's requirement that the public-notice procedure be codified in statute.

“Upon receipt of information that the candidate has died or become disqualified, the Secretary of State shall immediately prepare and distribute to the local election officials in the candidate's electoral district a notice informing voters that the candidate has died or become disqualified and that a vote for that candidate will not be counted. The notice must be distributed with all absentee ballots requested after the notice is received by the local election officials and, on election day, must be posted outside the guardrail enclosure in accordance with section 651, subsection 2 and in each voting booth. Notice that the candidate has died or become disqualified must also be posted on the Secretary of State's publicly accessible website.”

This statute codifies timing (10-15 business days before election day) and requires publication of 'the schedule' established elsewhere in statute. However, the section does not explicitly enumerate what content must be included in the notice (e.g., election date, polling place location, registration deadline). The reference to 'section 122, subsection 6' suggests the actual content requirements are defined elsewhere in the statute, not in this section itself. The statute also permits alternative notice methods in small municipalities without defining what 'adequate notice' entails. This satisfies the timing requirement but leaves content specificity incomplete within this provision.

“The registrar shall publish the schedule established under section 122, subsection 6 or as changed by the municipal officers under subsection 8 in a newspaper having general circulation in the municipality 10 to 15 business days before election day”

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