A. Under no circumstance shall any voting location close due to ballot shortage. Election officials shall monitor the ballot supply throughout election day and apprise the clerk of any projected shortage in the number of available ballots. Upon being informed by an election official that there is a projected shortage of ballots at a voting location, the clerk shall promptly supply the voting location with additional printed ballots. If printed ballots are not available, the clerk shall promptly supply alternate ballots which shall be processed as provided in subsections B through E of this section. Alternate ballots shall not be used if printed ballots are available at the polling place. Alternate ballots shall be provided in stacks of 25 ballots and numbered in series to assure simplicity and secrecy and to prevent fraud.

B. Voters whose names appear on the precinct register shall sign the precinct register and be given an alternate ballot. The election official shall mark the precinct register in a manner designated by the clerk to show that the voter received an alternate ballot. The voter shall vote the alternate ballot and shall place the ballot in the side compartment of the ballot box or in a designated box or envelope provided by the clerk.

C. If a voter is not on the precinct register or the voter’s qualification to vote is questioned as provided in KIBC 7.30.070, the voter shall vote a questioned alternate ballot. The election official shall mark the questioned voter register in a manner designated by the clerk, to show the voter received an alternate ballot. The voter shall be given an alternate ballot and shall vote the ballot as provided in KIBC 7.30.070.

D. A personal representative shall be given an alternate ballot and shall complete the process for personal representative voting with the voter as provided in KIBC 7.50.040.

E. Alternate ballots shall be accounted for following the general procedure for ballot count in KIBC 7.30.110. Alternate ballots shall be counted manually by the election board in the hand count precincts following KIBC 7.30.120 or by the canvass board for precincts where voting machines are used. [Ord. FY2023-05 §2, 2022].