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3.5 Additional ballots. In addition to the mail ballots printed and mailed by the vendor as specified in subsection 3.3, the County Clerk will provide regular and provisional ballots to electors in the manner and method required by the Code. 3.6 Mail ballots. In cooperation with the vendor, the County Clerk will ensure that the mail ballot packets contain the materials required by the Code, including voter instructions; a secrecy sleeve (if the type of ballot requires such secrecy sleeve to maintain the privacy of the vote); an inner verification/return envelope; and the outer /mail envelope containing the appropriate postage, Official Election logo, and indicia for Return Service Requested. 3.7 Ballot security. The County Clerk will track inventory and provide security for all ballots as required by the Code. 3.8 Election Judges. The County Clerk will appoint, train, provide written materials to and pay a sufficient number of qualified election judges to receive and process the voted ballots. 3.9 TABOR Notice. If applicable, the County Clerk, through a vendor, will distribute to all Boulder County registered electors households the printed TABOR Notice submitted by the Jurisdiction along with those of other jurisdictions. The County Clerk may determine the order of the TABOR Notice submitted by the Jurisdiction and those of other jurisdictions to be included in the TABOR Notice Package provided. However, the materials supplied by the Jurisdiction shall be kept together as a group and in the order supplied by the Jurisdiction. The cost for the printing and mailing of the Notice Package shall be shared on a prorated basis as further described in section 6 below. The Clerk is not responsible for ensuring that the TABOR Notice complies with the requirements of TABOR or any other constitutional or statutory requirement relating to notice. 3.10 Testing. The County Clerk will perform Logic and Accuracy Testing of the electronic vote counting equipment as required by the Code. 3.11 Election Support. The County Clerk will provide support to the Election Officer via telephone or in person throughout the Election process and during all ballot- counting procedures for the Election. 3.12 Tally. The County Clerk will provide for the counting and tallying of ballots, including any recounts required by law. The Clerk will release initial election returns after 7:00 p.m. on the date of the Election. With the exception of Provisional Ballots, all ballots received by 7:00 p.m. on November 3, 2015 shall be counted the night of the Election. The unofficial results will be published to the County website following the completion of the Election Day counting. The Clerk will count and tally valid cured and provisional ballots on or before 7:00 pm on November 17, 2015. 3.13 Certification of results. Jurisdictions shall be issued a certified statement of results by November 23, 2015. Page 3 of 7