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Title 15 - Elections
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Chapter 55. Absentee Voting
Chapter 55. Absentee Voting
§ 5501 Purpose of chapter; scope.
§ 5502 Persons eligible to vote by absentee ballot.
§ 5503 Request for ballot; statements for absentee ballots; delivery of absentee ballots.
§ 5504 Distribution of ballots, envelopes, and instructions; envelope specifications; pre-paid postage.
§ 5505 Requirements for ballot envelope; numbering and coding; voter identification label; statement of eligibility.
§ 5506 Instructions for completing absentee ballots.
§ 5507 Voting procedure; execution of statement; return of ballot.
§ 5508 Time limit for return of ballot; late ballots.
§ 5509 Procedure on receipt of ballot envelope by Department.
§ 5510 Counting procedure for absentee ballots.
§ 5510A Preparing absentee ballots for tabulation.
§ 5511 Carrier envelope specifications; carrier envelopes as ballot boxes.
§ 5512 Envelopes in general; approval by Attorney General.
§ 5513 Challenges.
§ 5514 Rejected ballots.
§ 5515 Validity of absentee voter’s ballot for wrong district.
§ 5516 Procedure if requests or ballots sent to wrong official; absentee ballots received by election officers [Repealed].
§ 5517 File of absentee voters.
§ 5518 Members of the armed forces and certain other electors; 1 absentee request to cover all elections; federal post card application (FPCA); electronic transmission of balloting materials.
§ 5520 Special write-in absentee ballot; procedures; qualifications.
§ 5521 Federal write-in absentee ballot; acceptance; combined request for registration and ballot submission.
§ 5522 Duties of Department of Elections; political balance of absentee judges; security.
§ 5523 Logic and accuracy testing of absentee ballot tabulating equipment; authority of the State Election Commissioner.
§ 5524 Emergency authority for the State Education Commissioner.
§ 5525 Electronic delivery of absentee ballots.
§ 5526 System for voters to determine status of their absentee ballots.
§ 5527 Authority to implement provisions of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voters Act.