Bill Text: NY A01183 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
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Bill Title: Sets forth provisions for absentee ballots for fire district elections and improvement district elections.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-08 - amended on third reading 1183b [A01183 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A01183-Amended.html
Bill Title: Sets forth provisions for absentee ballots for fire district elections and improvement district elections.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-08 - amended on third reading 1183b [A01183 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A01183-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1183--A
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 8, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. GALEF, MONTESANO, CROUCH, FINCH, STECK -- Multi-
Sponsored by -- M. of A. HAWLEY, MAGEE, McDONOUGH, RIVERA, THIELE --
read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments --
committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the town law, in relation to absentee ballots for fire
district elections and improvement district elections
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 175-b of the town law, as amended
2 by chapter 401 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
3 2. a. [An applicant for such an absentee ballot shall submit an appli-
4 cation setting forth (1) his or her name and residence address, includ-
5 ing the street and number, if any, or town and rural delivery route, if
6 any; (2) that he or she is or will be, on the day of the election, a
7 qualified voter of the district in which he or she resides in that he or
8 she is or will be, on such date, over eighteen years of age, a citizen
9 of the United States and has or will have resided in the district for
10 thirty days next preceding such date; (3) that he or she is registered
11 in the town; (4) that he or she will be unable to appear to vote in
12 person on the day of the election for which the absentee ballot is
13 requested because he or she is, or will be on such day (a) a patient in
14 a hospital, or unable to appear personally at the polling place on such
15 day because of illness or physical disability or (b) because of his or
16 her duties, occupation or business will require him or her to be outside
17 of the county of his or her residence on such day, (c) because he or she
18 will be on vacation outside the county of his or her residence on such
19 day; or, (d) absent from his or her voting residence because he or she
20 is detained in jail awaiting action by a grand jury or awaiting trial or
21 is confined in prison after conviction for an offense other than a felo-
22 ny. Such application must be received by the district secretary at
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01546-02-5
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1 least seven days before the election if the ballot is to be mailed to
2 the voter, or the day before the election, if the ballot is to be deliv-
3 ered personally to the voter or his or her agent.
4 b. (1) Where such duties, occupation or business are of such a
5 nature as ordinarily to require such absence, a brief description of
6 such duties, occupation or business shall be set forth in such affida-
7 vit. (2) Where such duties, occupation or business are not of such a
8 nature as ordinarily to require such absence, such application shall
9 contain a statement of the special circumstances on account of which
10 such absence is required.
11 c. Where the applicant expects in good faith to be absent on the day
12 of the election because he or she will be on vacation elsewhere on such
13 day, such application shall also contain the dates upon which he or she
14 expects to begin and end such vacation, the place or places where he or
15 she expects to be on such vacation, the name and address of his or her
16 employer, if any, and if self-employed, a statement to that effect.
17 d. Where the absence is because of detention or confinement to jail,
18 such affidavit shall state whether the voter is detained awaiting action
19 of the grand jury or is confined after conviction for an offense other
20 than a felony.
21 e. Where a person is or would be, if he or she were a qualified
22 voter, entitled to apply for the right to vote by absentee ballot under
23 the provisions of this section, his or her spouse, parent or child, if a
24 qualified voter and a resident of the same district, shall be entitled
25 to vote as an absentee voter upon personally making and signing an
26 application in accordance with the preceding provisions of this subdivi-
27 sion and showing that he or she expects to be absent from the district
28 on the day of the district election by reason of accompanying or being
29 with the spouse, child or parent who is or would be, if he or she were a
30 qualified voter, so entitled to apply for the right to vote by absentee
31 ballot, and, in the event no application is made by such spouse, child
32 or parent, such further information as the fire district shall require.
33 f.] A QUALIFIED VOTER MAY VOTE AS AN ABSENTEE VOTER UNDER THIS SECTION
34 IF DURING ALL THE HOURS OF VOTING ON THE DAY OF A FIRE DISTRICT ELECTION
35 HE OR SHE WILL BE:
36 (1) ABSENT FROM THE COUNTY OF HIS OR HER RESIDENCE; OR
37 (2) UNABLE TO APPEAR AT THE POLLING PLACE BECAUSE OF ILLNESS OR PHYS-
38 ICAL DISABILITY, OR DUTIES RELATED TO THE PRIMARY CARE OF ONE OR MORE
39 INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ILL OR PHYSICALLY DISABLED, OR BECAUSE HE OR SHE
40 WILL BE OR IS A PATIENT IN A HOSPITAL; OR
41 (3) AN INMATE OR PATIENT OF A VETERAN'S ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL; OR
42 (4) ABSENT FROM HIS OR HER VOTING RESIDENCE BECAUSE HE OR SHE IS
43 DETAINED IN JAIL AWAITING ACTION BY A GRAND JURY OR AWAITING TRIAL, OR
44 CONFINED IN JAIL OR PRISON AFTER A CONVICTION FOR AN OFFENSE OTHER THAN
45 A FELONY, PROVIDED THAT HE OR SHE IS QUALIFIED TO VOTE IN THE ELECTION
46 DISTRICT OF HIS OR HER RESIDENCE.
47 B. EACH PERSON ENTITLED TO VOTE AS AN ABSENTEE VOTER PURSUANT TO THIS
48 SECTION AND DESIROUS OF OBTAINING AN ABSENTEE BALLOT SHALL MAKE WRITTEN
49 APPLICATION THEREFOR TO THE DISTRICT SECRETARY. APPLICATION FORMS FOR
50 USE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE IN A FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE STATE
51 BOARD OF ELECTIONS. THE USE OF ANY APPLICATION WHICH IS ON A FORM
52 PRESCRIBED BY THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL BE ACCEPTABLE. Such
53 application shall include the following statement to be signed by the
54 voter.
55 I hereby declare that the foregoing is a true statement to the best of
56 my knowledge and belief, and I understand that if I make any material
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1 false statement in the foregoing statement of application for absentee
2 ballots, I shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
3 Date.....................Signature of Voter.............
4 [g.] C. THE APPLICATION FOR AN ABSENTEE BALLOT WHEN FILED MUST CONTAIN
5 IN EACH INSTANCE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
6 (1) APPLICANT'S FULL NAME, DATE OF BIRTH, AND RESIDENCE ADDRESS,
7 INCLUDING THE STREET AND NUMBER, IF ANY, RURAL DELIVERY ROUTE, IF ANY,
8 MAILING ADDRESS IF DIFFERENT FROM THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS AND AN ADDRESS
9 TO WHICH THE BALLOT SHALL BE MAILED.
10 (2) A STATEMENT THAT THE APPLICANT IS A QUALIFIED AND REGISTERED
11 VOTER.
12 (3) A STATEMENT, AS APPROPRIATE, THAT ON THE DAY OF SUCH ELECTION THE
13 APPLICANT EXPECTS IN GOOD FAITH TO BE IN ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CATEGO-
14 RIES:
15 (A) ABSENT FROM THE COUNTY OF HIS OR HER RESIDENCE; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
16 IF THE APPLICANT EXPECTS TO BE ABSENT FROM SUCH COUNTY FOR A DURATION
17 COVERING MORE THAN ONE ELECTION AND SEEKS AN ABSENTEE BALLOT FOR EACH
18 ELECTION, HE OR SHE SHALL STATE THE DATES WHEN HE OR SHE EXPECTS TO
19 BEGIN AND END SUCH ABSENCE; OR
20 (B) UNABLE TO APPEAR AT A POLLING PLACE BECAUSE OF ILLNESS OR PHYSICAL
21 DISABILITY OR DUTIES RELATED TO THE PRIMARY CARE OF ONE OR MORE INDIVID-
22 UALS WHO ARE ILL OR PHYSICALLY DISABLED; OR
23 (C) AN INMATE OR PATIENT OF A VETERAN'S ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL; OR
24 (D) DETAINED IN JAIL AWAITING ACTION BY A GRAND JURY OR AWAITING TRIAL
25 OR CONFINED IN JAIL OR PRISON AFTER A CONVICTION FOR AN OFFENSE OTHER
26 THAN A FELONY AND STATING THE PLACE WHERE HE OR SHE IS SO DETAINED OR
27 CONFINED.
28 (4) SUCH APPLICATION SHALL PERMIT THE APPLICANT TO APPLY FOR AN ABSEN-
29 TEE BALLOT IN ANY YEAR. A VOTER WHO APPLIES FOR AN ABSENTEE BALLOT
30 SHALL BE SENT AN ABSENTEE BALLOT FOR ANY FIRE DISTRICT ELECTION THAT
31 OCCURS DURING THE PERIOD OF ABSENCE SPECIFIED IN THE APPLICATION.
32 D. An applicant whose ability to appear personally at the polling
33 place of the district of which he or she is a qualified voter is
34 substantially impaired by reason of permanent illness or physical disa-
35 bility and whose registration record has been marked "permanently disa-
36 bled" by the board of elections pursuant to the provisions of the
37 election law shall be entitled to receive an absentee ballot pursuant to
38 the provisions of this section without making separate application for
39 such absentee ballot, and the secretary of the fire district, upon being
40 advised by the board of elections on or with the list of registered
41 voters that the registration record of a voter is marked "permanently
42 disabled", shall send an absentee ballot to such voter at his or her
43 last known address by first class mail with a request to the postal
44 authorities not to forward same but to return same in five days in the
45 event that it cannot be delivered to the addressee. The election
46 inspectors of the fire district shall make an appropriate entry on the
47 registration record indicating the fact that an absentee ballot has been
48 sent and the date of mailing.
49 E. AN APPLICATION MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE DISTRICT SECRETARY NO EARLI-
50 ER THAN THE THIRTIETH DAY BEFORE THE ELECTION FOR WHICH AN ABSENTEE
51 BALLOT IS SOUGHT. IF THE APPLICATION REQUESTS THAT THE ABSENTEE BALLOT
52 BE MAILED, SUCH APPLICATION MUST BE RECEIVED NOT LATER THAN SEVEN DAYS
53 BEFORE THE ELECTION. IF THE APPLICANT OR HIS OR HER AGENT DELIVERS THE
54 APPLICATION TO THE DISTRICT SECRETARY IN PERSON, SUCH APPLICATION MUST
55 BE RECEIVED NOT LATER THAN THE DAY BEFORE THE ELECTION. THE DISTRICT
56 SECRETARY SHALL EXAMINE EACH APPLICATION AND SHALL DETERMINE FROM THE
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1 INFORMATION CONTAINED THEREIN WHETHER THE APPLICANT IS QUALIFIED UNDER
2 THIS SECTION TO RECEIVE AN ABSENTEE BALLOT.
3 F. NO LATER THAN SIX DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION FOR WHICH AN APPLICATION
4 HAS BEEN RECEIVED AND FOR WHICH THE DISTRICT SECRETARY HAS DETERMINED
5 THE APPLICANT TO BE QUALIFIED TO VOTE BY ABSENTEE BALLOT THE DISTRICT
6 SECRETARY SHALL MAIL, BY REGULAR MAIL, AN ABSENTEE BALLOT TO EACH QUALI-
7 FIED APPLICANT WHO HAS APPLIED BEFORE SUCH DAY AND WHO HAS REQUESTED
8 THAT SUCH ABSENTEE BALLOT BE MAILED TO HIM OR HER AT THE ADDRESS SET
9 FORTH IN HIS OR HER APPLICATION. IF THE APPLICANT OR HIS OR HER AGENT
10 DELIVERS THE APPLICATION TO THE DISTRICT SECRETARY IN PERSON AFTER THE
11 SEVENTH DAY BEFORE THE ELECTION AND NOT LATER THAN THE DAY BEFORE THE
12 ELECTION, THE DISTRICT SECRETARY SHALL FORTHWITH DELIVER SUCH ABSENTEE
13 BALLOTS FOR THOSE APPLICANTS WHOM HE OR SHE DETERMINES ARE QUALIFIED TO
14 MAKE SUCH APPLICATIONS AND TO RECEIVE SUCH BALLOTS TO SUCH APPLICANTS OR
15 THE AGENTS NAMED IN THE APPLICATIONS WHEN SUCH APPLICANTS OR AGENTS
16 APPEAR IN THE DISTRICT SECRETARY'S OFFICE.
17 S 2. Subdivision 2 of section 213-b of the town law, as added by chap-
18 ter 400 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows:
19 2. a. [An applicant for such an absentee ballot shall submit an appli-
20 cation setting forth (1) his name and residence address, including the
21 street and number, if any, or town and rural delivery route, if any; (2)
22 that he is or will be, on the day of the election, a qualified voter of
23 the district in which he resides in that he is or will be, on such date,
24 over eighteen years of age, a citizen of the United States and has or
25 will have resided in the district for thirty days next preceding such
26 date; (3) that he is registered in the town; (4) that he will be unable
27 to appear to vote in person on the day of the election for which the
28 absentee ballot is requested because he is, or will be on such day (a) a
29 patient in a hospital, or unable to appear personally at the polling
30 place on such day because of illness or physical disability or (b)
31 because his duties, occupation or business will require him to be
32 outside of the county or city of his residence on such day, (c) because
33 he will be on vacation outside the county or city of his residence on
34 such day; or, (d) absent from his voting residence because he is
35 detained in jail awaiting action by a grand jury or awaiting trial or is
36 confined in prison after conviction for an offense other than a felony.
37 Such application must be received by the district secretary at least
38 seven days before the election if the ballot is to be mailed to the
39 voter, or the day before the election, if the ballot is to be delivered
40 personally to the voter or his agent.
41 b. (1) Where such duties, occupation or business are of such a nature
42 as ordinarily to require such absence, a brief description of such
43 duties, occupation or business shall be set forth in such affidavit. (2)
44 Where such duties, occupation or business are not of such a nature as
45 ordinarily to require such absence, such application shall contain a
46 statement of the special circumstances on account of which such absence
47 is required.
48 c. Where the applicant expects in good faith to be absent on the day
49 of the election because he will be on vacation elsewhere on such day,
50 such application shall also contain the dates upon which he expects to
51 begin and end such vacation, the place or places where he expects to be
52 on such vacation, the name and address of his employer, if any, and if
53 self-employed, a statement to that effect.
54 d. Where the absence is because of detention or confinement to jail,
55 such affidavit shall state whether the voter is detained awaiting action
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1 of the grand jury or is confined after conviction for an offense other
2 than a felony.
3 e. Where a person is or would be, if he were a qualified voter, enti-
4 tled to apply for the right to vote by absentee ballot under the
5 provisions of this section, his spouse, parent or child, if a qualified
6 voter and a resident of the same district, shall be entitled to vote as
7 an absentee voter upon personally making and signing an application in
8 accordance with the preceding provisions of this subdivision and showing
9 that he expects to be absent from the district on the day of the
10 district election by reason of accompanying or being with the spouse,
11 child or parent who is or would be, if he were a qualified voter, so
12 entitled to apply for the right to vote by absentee ballot, and, in the
13 event no application is made by such spouse, child or parent, such
14 further information as the improvement district shall require.
15 f.] A QUALIFIED VOTER MAY VOTE AS AN ABSENTEE VOTER UNDER THIS SECTION
16 IF DURING ALL THE HOURS OF VOTING ON THE DAY OF AN IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
17 ELECTION HE OR SHE WILL BE:
18 (1) ABSENT FROM THE COUNTY OF HIS OR HER RESIDENCE; OR
19 (2) UNABLE TO APPEAR AT THE POLLING PLACE BECAUSE OF ILLNESS OR PHYS-
20 ICAL DISABILITY, OR DUTIES RELATED TO THE PRIMARY CARE OF ONE OR MORE
21 INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ILL OR PHYSICALLY DISABLED, OR BECAUSE HE OR SHE
22 WILL BE OR IS A PATIENT IN A HOSPITAL; OR
23 (3) AN INMATE OR PATIENT OF A VETERAN'S ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL; OR
24 (4) ABSENT FROM HIS OR HER VOTING RESIDENCE BECAUSE HE OR SHE IS
25 DETAINED IN JAIL AWAITING ACTION BY A GRAND JURY OR AWAITING TRIAL, OR
26 CONFINED IN JAIL OR PRISON AFTER A CONVICTION FOR AN OFFENSE OTHER THAN
27 A FELONY, PROVIDED THAT HE OR SHE IS QUALIFIED TO VOTE IN THE ELECTION
28 DISTRICT OF HIS OR HER RESIDENCE.
29 B. EACH PERSON ENTITLED TO VOTE AS AN ABSENTEE VOTER PURSUANT TO THIS
30 SECTION AND DESIROUS OF OBTAINING AN ABSENTEE BALLOT SHALL MAKE WRITTEN
31 APPLICATION THEREFOR TO THE DISTRICT SECRETARY. APPLICATION FORMS FOR
32 USE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE IN A FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE STATE
33 BOARD OF ELECTIONS. THE USE OF ANY APPLICATION WHICH IS ON A FORM
34 PRESCRIBED BY THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL BE ACCEPTABLE. Such
35 application shall include the following statement to be signed by the
36 voter.
37 I hereby declare that the foregoing is a true statement to the best of
38 my knowledge and belief, and I understand that if I make any material
39 false statement in the foregoing statement of application for absentee
40 ballots, I shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
41 Date ................... Signature of Voter .......................
42 [g.] C. THE APPLICATION FOR AN ABSENTEE BALLOT WHEN FILED MUST
43 CONTAIN IN EACH INSTANCE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
44 (1) APPLICANT'S FULL NAME, DATE OF BIRTH, AND RESIDENCE ADDRESS,
45 INCLUDING THE STREET AND NUMBER, IF ANY, RURAL DELIVERY ROUTE, IF ANY,
46 MAILING ADDRESS IF DIFFERENT FROM THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS AND AN ADDRESS
47 TO WHICH THE BALLOT SHALL BE MAILED.
48 (2) A STATEMENT THAT THE APPLICANT IS A QUALIFIED AND REGISTERED
49 VOTER.
50 (3) A STATEMENT, AS APPROPRIATE, THAT ON THE DAY OF SUCH ELECTION THE
51 APPLICANT EXPECTS IN GOOD FAITH TO BE IN ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CATEGO-
52 RIES:
53 (A) ABSENT FROM THE COUNTY OF HIS OR HER RESIDENCE; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
54 IF THE APPLICANT EXPECTS TO BE ABSENT FROM SUCH COUNTY FOR A DURATION
55 COVERING MORE THAN ONE ELECTION AND SEEKS AN ABSENTEE BALLOT FOR EACH
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1 ELECTION, HE OR SHE SHALL STATE THE DATES WHEN HE OR SHE EXPECTS TO
2 BEGIN AND END SUCH ABSENCE; OR
3 (B) UNABLE TO APPEAR AT A POLLING PLACE BECAUSE OF ILLNESS OR PHYSICAL
4 DISABILITY OR DUTIES RELATED TO THE PRIMARY CARE OF ONE OR MORE INDIVID-
5 UALS WHO ARE ILL OR PHYSICALLY DISABLED; OR
6 (C) AN INMATE OR PATIENT OF A VETERAN'S ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL; OR
7 (D) DETAINED IN JAIL AWAITING ACTION BY A GRAND JURY OR AWAITING TRIAL
8 OR CONFINED IN JAIL OR PRISON AFTER A CONVICTION FOR AN OFFENSE OTHER
9 THAN A FELONY AND STATING THE PLACE WHERE HE OR SHE IS SO DETAINED OR
10 CONFINED.
11 (4) SUCH APPLICATION SHALL PERMIT THE APPLICANT TO APPLY FOR AN ABSEN-
12 TEE BALLOT IN ANY YEAR. A VOTER WHO APPLIES FOR AN ABSENTEE BALLOT
13 SHALL BE SENT AN ABSENTEE BALLOT FOR ANY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT ELECTION.
14 D. An applicant whose ability to appear personally at the polling
15 place of the district of which he is a qualified voter is substantially
16 impaired by reason of permanent illness or physical disability and whose
17 registration record has been marked "permanently disabled" by the board
18 of elections pursuant to the provisions of the election law shall be
19 entitled to receive an absentee ballot pursuant to the provisions of
20 this section without making separate application for such absentee
21 ballot, and the secretary of the improvement district, upon being
22 advised by the board of elections on or with the list of registered
23 voters that the registration record of a voter is marked "permanently
24 disabled", shall send an absentee ballot to such voter at his last known
25 address by first class mail with a request to the postal authorities not
26 to forward same but to return same in five days in the event that it
27 cannot be delivered to the addressee. The board of inspectors of the
28 improvement district shall make an appropriate entry on the registration
29 record indicating the fact that an absentee ballot has been sent and the
30 date of mailing.
31 E. AN APPLICATION MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE DISTRICT SECRETARY NO EARLI-
32 ER THAN THE THIRTIETH DAY BEFORE THE ELECTION FOR WHICH AN ABSENTEE
33 BALLOT IS SOUGHT. IF THE APPLICATION REQUESTS THAT THE ABSENTEE BALLOT
34 BE MAILED, SUCH APPLICATION MUST BE RECEIVED NOT LATER THAN SEVEN DAYS
35 BEFORE THE ELECTION. IF THE APPLICANT OR HIS OR HER AGENT DELIVERS THE
36 APPLICATION TO THE DISTRICT SECRETARY IN PERSON, SUCH APPLICATION MUST
37 BE RECEIVED NOT LATER THAN THE DAY BEFORE THE ELECTION. THE DISTRICT
38 SECRETARY SHALL EXAMINE EACH APPLICATION AND SHALL DETERMINE FROM THE
39 INFORMATION CONTAINED THEREIN WHETHER THE APPLICANT IS QUALIFIED UNDER
40 THIS SECTION TO RECEIVE AN ABSENTEE BALLOT.
41 F. NO LATER THAN SIX DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION FOR WHICH AN APPLICATION
42 HAS BEEN RECEIVED AND FOR WHICH THE DISTRICT SECRETARY HAS DETERMINED
43 THE APPLICANT TO BE QUALIFIED TO VOTE BY ABSENTEE BALLOT THE DISTRICT
44 SECRETARY SHALL MAIL, BY REGULAR MAIL, AN ABSENTEE BALLOT TO EACH QUALI-
45 FIED APPLICANT WHO HAS APPLIED BEFORE SUCH DAY AND WHO HAS REQUESTED
46 THAT SUCH ABSENTEE BALLOT BE MAILED TO HIM OR HER AT THE ADDRESS SET
47 FORTH IN HIS OR HER APPLICATION. IF THE APPLICANT OR HIS OR HER AGENT
48 DELIVERS THE APPLICATION TO THE DISTRICT SECRETARY IN PERSON AFTER THE
49 SEVENTH DAY BEFORE THE ELECTION AND NOT LATER THAN THE DAY BEFORE THE
50 ELECTION, THE DISTRICT SECRETARY SHALL FORTHWITH DELIVER SUCH ABSENTEE
51 BALLOTS FOR THOSE APPLICANTS WHOM HE OR SHE DETERMINES ARE QUALIFIED TO
52 MAKE SUCH APPLICATIONS AND TO RECEIVE SUCH BALLOTS TO SUCH APPLICANTS OR
53 THE AGENTS NAMED IN THE APPLICATIONS WHEN SUCH APPLICANTS OR AGENTS
54 APPEAR IN THE DISTRICT SECRETARY'S OFFICE.
55 S 3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
56 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
