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SECTION 11-104
Registration and application for special presidential ballot
Election (ELN) CHAPTER 17, ARTICLE 11, TITLE 1
§ 11-104. Registration and application for special presidential
ballot. 1. a. A person who, pursuant to the provisions of this title, is
qualified to vote for president and vice president of the United States
may apply to the board of elections of his county of residence next
preceding the place of his current residence for a special ballot for
president and vice president. Such applications must be mailed to such
board of elections not later than the seventh day before the election or
delivered to such board not later than the day of such election.

b. Insofar as the provisions of this chapter providing for voting in
person or by absentee ballot do not conflict with any provision of this
section, such provisions apply to a person authorized to vote under this
article. In the case of any such conflict, the provision of this
section shall prevail and such other provision of this chapter shall not
apply.

2. a. A form of application for a special ballot under this section
shall be furnished by the board of elections to the applicant who shall
request such form within the time prescribed therefor. In addition,
application forms shall be supplied to the applicant's spouse, parent or
child, a person residing with the applicant as a member of his
household, or the applicant's duly authorized agent.

b. The board of elections shall mail a special presidential ballot to
every qualified voter otherwise eligible for such a ballot, who requests
such a special presidential ballot from such board of elections in a
letter, which is signed by the voter and received by the board of
elections not earlier than the thirtieth day nor later than the seventh
day before the election and which states the address where the voter is
registered and the address to which the voter has moved and the date of
such move. The board of elections shall enclose with such ballot a form
of application for special presidential ballot.

c. The application shall be made and signed by the applicant at the
places thereon provided for such purpose and he shall set forth therein
all of the facts required to establish his qualifications to register
and vote under this article.

d. The form for use under subdivision one of this section shall be of
a distinctive color and in the form prescribed by the state board of
elections.