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I desire that the absentee ballot be sent to me at the following address:

I hereby swear or affirm under penalty of perjury that the facts set
forth in this application are true.

(Sign Name)

[Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me this .............. day

of................................, 19.........................

(Notary Public or other person
authorized to administer oaths.)

Warning: An absentee ballot will not be sent to you unless you are regis-
tered to vote in elections in this State.

(f) Determination of absentee voter's applications; delivery of ballots.

(1)    Rejection of application. Upon receipt of an application [con-
taining the affidavit], the Board shall reject the application only upon the
unanimous vote of the entire Board and when rejected shall notify the
applicant of the reason therefore if [:]

[(i) It] it determines upon inquiry that the applicant is not legally
qualified to vote at the election as an absentee voter[; or] .

[(ii) If the affidavit is verified before any officer other than a mem-
ber of the Board or an employee thereof designated by it in writing or a
notary public or other officer authorized to administer oaths.] If the board
of members thereof suspects that the applicant is not a qualified voter,
the Board shall make inquiries in reference thereto, and upon cause duly
shown that the applicant is not a qualified voter, the Board shall withhold
a delivery of an absentee ballot.

(2)  Delivery of the ballot. If the applicant is a qualified voter as
stated in his [affidavit] application the Board shall, as soon as practicable
thereafter, deliver to him, at the office of the Board, or mail to him at an
address designated by him, an absentee voter's ballot and an envelope
therefor. Postage for transmitting the ballot material to the voter shall be
paid by the Board, and postage for the return of ballots shall be paid by
the voters. If the ballots are to be sent by mail, the determinations re-
quired in (1) of this subsection shall be made in such time as will allow for
the sending and return of the ballots by regular mail, or airmail, depend-
ing on the mailing address and including at least one secular day for
marking the ballots [and completing the affidavit]. All such investigations
shall be concluded and any determinations made as to all absentee ballot
applications not later than five (5) days before election day.

(3)  Record of applications received and ballots delivered.

(i) The Board shall keep a record of applications for absentee voters'
ballots as they are received, showing the date and time received, and
names and residences of the applicants, and such record shall be available
for examination by any registered voter.

(ii) After approval of an application for an absentee ballot and the
mailing to the applicant of an absentee ballot, the voter's record card
in the precinct binder shall be removed and placed in a separate binder
marked "Registered Absentee Voters" and retained in the office of the
Board. A marker shall be placed in the regular precinct binder with the
voter's name and recording the fact that an absentee ballot has been