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4.2 Ballot content and layout. No later than September 5, 2014 the Election Officer shall certify the ballot order and content for the Jurisdiction and deliver the certification ballot layout to the County Clerk. The ballot layout shall be in a form acceptable to the Clerk. Ballot content layout shall not include any: graphs, tables, charts, or diagrams. The ballot order and content shall include the names and office of each candidate for whom a petition has been filed with the Election Officer and any ballot issues or ballot questions the Jurisdiction has certified. The Jurisdiction shall be solely responsible for the accuracy of the information contained in the certificate and ballot content. The Jurisdiction shall make any modifications to the ballot layout requested by the County Clerk. The County Clerk will correct errors as specified in C.R.S. §1-5-412 at the Jurisdiction's expense. 4.3 Audio for visually impaired. Within 7 days of the Jurisdiction's submission of the ballot layout to the County Clerk, the Jurisdiction shall submit to the Clerk a high quality audio recording with the name of each candidate clearly spoken on the recording. This requirement aids the County Clerk in programming the audio component of the electromechanical voting equipment for the Election. The Jurisdiction shall make any modifications to the audio recording requested by the County Clerk. 4.4 TABOR Notice. The Jurisdiction shall provide to the County Clerk all required TABOR Notices concerning ballot issue(s) in the manner required by Article X, Section 20 of the Colorado State Constitution by September 22, 2014. The submission will include the ballot title, text, and fiscal history or any other required wording for the TABOR Notice. The submission date will expedite print layout and allow the Jurisdiction time to proofread their portion of the TABOR Notice. 4.5 Final layout. The Jurisdiction shall timely make any modification to the ballot layout or audio recording(s) requested by the County Clerk. The Jurisdiction shall review, proofread, and approve the layout, format, and text of the final draft form of the Jurisdiction's official ballot and if applicable TABOR Notice within 24 hours of the County Clerk providing the Jurisdiction with the copy to be proofed. 4.6 Testing. The Jurisdiction must provide two people to participate in Logic and Accuracy Tests, which will be scheduled during the week of October 7, 2014, and may take place over a number of days. 4.7 Cancellation of Election by the Jurisdiction. If the Jurisdiction resolves not to hold the election or to withdraw a ballot issue, the Jurisdiction shall immediately provide notice of such action to the County Clerk. Initial notice to the County Clerk may be informal. The Jurisdiction shall provide proof of the Jurisdiction's formal action canceling the election or withdrawing a ballot issue(s) as soon as practicable after the Jurisdiction's formal action. The Jurisdiction shall promptly pay the County Clerk the full actual costs of the County Clerk relating to the Jurisdiction's election, both before and after the County Clerk's receipt of such notice. The Jurisdiction shall provide notice by publication of such cancellation or withdrawal of ballot or question(s). The County Clerk shall post notice of the cancellation or withdrawal of ballot issue(s) or question(s) in the office of the County Clerk, and the Election Officer shall post notice of the cancellation at all buildings of the Jurisdiction. The Jurisdiction shall not cancel the election after the 25th day prior to the Election as provided in C.R.S. §1 -5 -208. 4.8 Results. Following certification of the Jurisdiction's final results, the Jurisdiction shall issue a certified statement of results by the statutory deadline, November 24, 2014. Paae 4 of 7