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(iii) The third envelope shall be a "covering envelope" in which all
balloting material shall be sent to the absentee voter. On this envelope shall
be printed the return address of the Board and in boldface type the words
"Official Absentee Ballot, City of Rockville".

(h) Instructions to voters.

The printed instructions for the casting of absentee ballots are as
follows:

Instructions to Voters

Enclosed are a City Absentee Ballot, Ballot Envelope and a Return En-
velope for use in returning the ballot. Warning: Failure to follow these
instructions will invalidate the ballot.

(1)   Examine the ballot before marking. When once marked, do not
erase. Mark the ballot with either pencil or ink by placing an (X) in the
block after each candidate for whom you wish to vote and in the appropri-
ate block after each charter amendment, referendum or any other ques-
tion (if any appear on the ballot), for or against which you wish to vote.
Do not vote for more candidates than the number specified over the names
of candidates for each office. The ballot must be marked secretly. Do not
sign your name or put on the ballot any mark of identification or any other
mark except the (X) mark or the name of a written-in candidate.

(2)  Then enclose the ballot in the Ballot Envelope and seal the same.

(3)    After sealing the Ballot Envelope, you must [, in the presence of
a witness,] fill in the blanks in the "Oath of Absentee Resident" on the
Ballot Envelope(s) and sign (Do Not Print) your name on the line indi-
cated. [You must then swear to the Oath before the witness who must fill
in the date, sign his name and indicate his official position in the space pro-
vided, and, if a notary public, affix his official seal. The witness must be
a notary public or other person authorized to administer oaths.]

(4)   It is absolutely necessary that the "Ballot Envelope" contains
nothing but one ballot marked by you.

(5)    Enclose the Ballot Envelope in the Return Envelope, seal the Re-
turn Envelope and mail at once.

The ballot may be marked and mailed at any time after you receive it
but it must be received by the Board of Supervisors of Elections not later
than the closing of the polls on election day. If it is not received prior to
such closing, it will not be counted.

(6)   If you desire not to vote for any of the candidates named for any
office on the ballot, you may write in, in the appropriate blank on the
ballot, the name of the person of your choice for such office.

(7)  The [Absentee Voting] law provides that anyone who willfully
signs any false application or oath, or who willfully does any act contrary
to the terms and provisions of the [Absentee Voting] law with intent
to cast an illegal vote or to ,aid another in doing so, or who willfully violates
any of the provisions of that law or who applies for a ballot under any other
name than his own, shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of $100 or
to imprisonment for not more than one [year] month or to both, in the
discretion of the court.

(8)    If any qualified voter desiring to vote by absentee ballot pursuant
to subsection (b) herein is unable by reason of blindness or physical dis-