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SECTION 11-202
Registration and enrollment of special federal voters and application for special federal ballot
Election (ELN) CHAPTER 17, ARTICLE 11, TITLE 2
§ 11-202. Registration and enrollment of special federal voters and
application for special federal ballot. 1. a. A person, who, pursuant to
this title, is qualified to vote as a special federal voter may, by
application received by the state board of elections or any local board
of elections on or before the tenth day next preceding any election in
which such person would be entitled to vote or the last day of local
registration for such election, whichever is later, apply to the board
of elections of the county in which they resided in person or by
personal application by mail for registration and enrollment as a
special federal voter. An application for registration and enrollment
pursuant to this article shall be treated as an application for a
special federal ballot for every election in which the applicant would
be eligible to vote which is held through and including the next two
regularly scheduled general elections held in even numbered years,
including any run-offs which may occur.

b. A person who, pursuant to the provisions of this title, is already
registered as a special federal voter, may, by application received by
the state board of elections or any local board of elections, apply to
the board of elections of the county in which he is so registered in
person or by mail for a special federal ballot. Such an application
shall entitle such a voter to receive a ballot for every election in
which such voter is entitled to vote which is held through and including
the next two regularly scheduled general elections held in even numbered
years, including any run-offs which may occur, provided, however, such
application shall not apply to any election held on or before the
seventh day after receipt of such application.

c. Insofar as the provisions of this chapter providing for permanent
personal registration and enrollment, and enrollment by mail or special
enrollment, and voting in person or by absentee ballot do not conflict
with any provision of this title, such provisions shall apply to a
person authorized to register and vote under this title; in the case of
any such conflict, the provision of this title shall prevail and such
other provision of this chapter shall not apply. For the purposes of
this title, any person eligible pursuant to the provisions of this
chapter to vote by absentee ballot shall be eligible for absentee
registration and enrollment.

d. In addition to any other method of registering to vote or of
applying for a special federal ballot, a special federal voter may
request a voter registration application or request a special federal
ballot application by facsimile transmission to the board of elections
or pursuant to the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act
or by electronic mail. When making such a request, the special federal
voter may designate a preference for transmission of such voter
registration application and special federal ballot application pursuant
to section 11-203 of this title.

e. The special federal ballot application shall allow the special
federal voter to designate a preference to receive the special federal
ballot pursuant to section 11-203 of this title.

f. The procedures for receiving documents from and transmitting
documents to a special federal voter shall, to the extent practicable,
protect the security and integrity of the special federal voter
registration and special federal ballot application request process and
protect the privacy of the special federal voter, including the voter's
identity and other personal data. Nothing in this paragraph shall limit
the information that may be obtained pursuant to section 3-220 of this
chapter.

2. a. A form of application for registration and enrollment as a
special federal voter and for a special federal ballot or a form of
application for a special federal ballot by persons registered pursuant
to this title shall be furnished by the board of elections to the
applicant who shall request such form within the time limited therefor.
The application shall be made and signed by the applicant at the places
thereon provided for such purpose and such applicant shall set forth
therein all of the facts required to establish his qualifications to
register and vote under this title.

b. The forms for use under this section shall be of a distinctive
color and substantially in the form prescribed by the state board of
elections and shall elicit all the information which may be necessary to
determine eligibility to register and vote pursuant to the provisions of
this title.