1.When a petition asking for the right to vote in proportion to assessment of benefits at
all elections for any purpose thereafter to be held within said district, signed by a majority of
the landowners owning land within said district assessed for benefits, is filed with the board
of trustees, then, in all elections of trustees thereafter held within said district, any person
whose land is assessed for benefits without regard to age, sex, or condition shall be entitled to
one vote for each ten dollars or fraction thereof of the original assessment under the current
classification against the land actually owned by the person in said district at the time of the
election, but in order to have such ballot counted for more than one vote the voter shall write
the voter’s name upon the ballot.
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1. When a petition asking for the right to vote in proportion to assessment of benefits at
all elections for any purpose thereafter to be held within said district, signed by a majority of
the landowners owning land within said district assessed for benefits, is filed with the board
of trustees, then, in all elections of trustees thereafter held within said district, any person
whose land is assessed for benefits without regard to age, sex, or condition shall be entitled to
one vote for each ten dollars or fraction thereof of the original assessment under the current
classification against the land actually owned by the person in said district at the time of the
election, but in order to have such ballot counted for more than one vote the voter shall write
the voter’s name upon the ballot. The vote of any landowner of the district may be cast by
absent voters ballot as provided in chapter 53 except that the form of the applications for
ballots, the voters’ affidavits on the envelopes, and the endorsement of the carrier envelope
for preserving the ballot shall be substantially in the form provided in subsections 2, 3, and 4,
below. Application blanks, envelopes, and ballots shall be provided by and submitted to the
office of the county auditor in which the election is held. The cost of such blanks, envelopes,
ballots, and postage shall be paid by the district. For the purpose of this subchapter all
landowners of the district shall be considered qualified voters, regardless of their place of
residence.
2. For the purpose of this subchapter, applications for ballots shall be made on blanks
substantially in the following form:
Application for ballot to be voted at the
.................... (Name of District) District Election
on ........................ (Date)
State of ................................ )
................................ County ) ss.
I, ................................ (Applicant), do solemnly swear that I am
a landowner in the ........................ (Name of District) District and
that I am a duly qualified voter entitled to vote in said election, and
I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots to be voted
by me at such election, and that I will return said ballot or ballots to
the officer issuing same before the day of said election.
Signed ................................
Date ....................................
Residence (street number if any) ................
City .................... State ........................
Subscribed and sworn to before me this ............ day of
........................ (month), ............ (year)
3. For the purpose of this subchapter, the affidavit on the reverse side of the envelopes
used for enclosing the marked ballots shall be substantially as follows:
State of ................................ )
................................ County ) ss.
I, ................................ (Applicant), do solemnly swear that I am a
landowner in the ........................ (Name of District) District and that
I am a duly qualified voter to vote in the election of trustees of said
district and that I have marked the enclosed ballot in secret.
Signed ................................
Subscribed and sworn to before me this ............ day of
........................ (month), ............ (year), and that I hereby certify
that the affiant exhibited the enclosed ballot to me unmarked; that
the affiant then in my presence and in the presence of no other
person and in such manner that I could not see the affiant’s vote,
marked such ballot, enclosed and sealed the same in this envelope;
and that the affiant was not solicited or advertised by me for or
against any candidate or measure.
....................................
....................................
(Official Title)
4. For the purposes of this subchapter, upon receipt of the ballot, the auditor shall at once
enclosethesame, unopened, togetherwiththeapplicationmadebythevoterinalargecarrier
envelope, securely seal the same, and endorse thereon over the auditor’s official signature,
the following:
a. Name of the district in which the voter is a landowner.
b. Date of the election for which the ballot is cast.
c. Location of the polling place at which the ballot would be legally and properly cast if
voted in person.
d. Names of the judges of the election of that polling place, and the statement that this
envelope contains an absent voters ballot and must be opened only at the polls on election
day while said polls are open.