As used in the Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act:

A. "federal postcard application" means the application prescribed under the federal Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act;

B. "federal write-in absentee ballot" means the ballot approved pursuant to the federal Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act; and

C. "military-overseas ballot" means a ballot sent to a federal qualified elector by the county clerk or cast in accordance with the provisions of the Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act.

History: Laws 2015, ch. 145, § 26; 2018, ch. 79, § 8; 2019, ch. 212, § 77.

Cross references. — For the federal Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, see 42 U.S.C.S. § 1973ff et seq.

The 2019 amendment, effective April 3, 2019, revised the definition of "military overseas ballot" as used in the Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act, and removed certain definitions from the section; deleted former Subsection A, which defined "appropriate clerk", and redesignated former Subsections B through D as Subsections A through C, respectively; in Subsection C, deleted former Paragraph C(1) and paragraph designation "(2)"; and deleted Paragraphs E and F.

The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, revised the definition of "appropriate clerk" as used in the Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act; and in Subsection A, after "county clerk", deleted "for elections conducted pursuant to the Election Code and a municipal clerk for elections conducted pursuant to the Municipal Election Code" and added "of the county in which the federal qualified elector is eligible to vote".

Temporary provisions. — Laws 2018, ch. 79, § 174 provided that references in law to the Municipal Election Code and to the School Election Law shall be deemed to be references to the Local Election Act.