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SECTION 7-125
Ballots; special presidential voters
Election (ELN) CHAPTER 17, ARTICLE 7, TITLE 1
§ 7-125. Ballots; special presidential voters. 1. The ballots for
special presidential voters shall provide for voting for presidential
and vice presidential electors only and shall be in the form prescribed
for absentee ballots, except that either on the front or the back they
shall be endorsed with the words printed or stamped, "Official
Ballot-Special Presidential Voter" and "Presidential Electors".

2. There shall be three envelopes for each special presidential
absentee ballot issued by mail: the inner affirmation envelope into
which a voter places his or her voted ballot, the outer envelope which
shall be addressed to the absentee voter, and the mailing envelope which
is addressed to the county board of elections. The board of elections
shall furnish with each special presidential ballot an envelope. On one
side of the envelope shall be printed:

OFFICIAL BALLOT, SPECIAL PRESIDENTIAL VOTERS,

FOR GENERAL ELECTION,

NOVEMBER......., 20....
Name of voter ..........................................................
Residence from which vote is being cast:
Street and number ......................................................
City or town ...........................................................
County .................................................................
Assembly District or Ward ..............................................
Election District ......................................................

The date of the election and name of the county shall be printed, and
the name of the voter, residence, name of the city or town, number of
ward or assembly district, if any, and election district shall be
printed, written or stamped in by the board.

3. On the reverse side of such envelope shall be printed the
following statement:

STATEMENT OF SPECIAL PRESIDENTIAL VOTER

I do declare I am a qualified special presidential voter of said
district; that I am not qualified and am not able to qualify to vote
elsewhere than as set forth on the reverse side of this envelope; that I
am a citizen of the United States; that on the date of the election for
which this ballot is voted, I will be at least eighteen years of age;
and that I have not committed any act, nor am I under any impediment,
which denies me the right to vote.

I hereby declare that the foregoing is a true statement to the best of
my knowledge and belief, and I understand that if I make any material
false statement in the foregoing statement, I shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor.
Date.................20..... .....................................

Signature or mark of voter

.....................................

Signature of Witness (required only

if voter does not sign his or her own

name)

.....................................

Address of Witness

4. The envelope shall be gummed, ready for sealing, and shall have
printed thereon, on the side opposite the statement, instructions as to
the duties of the voter after the marking of the ballot, which
instructions shall include a specific direction stating that the
envelope must be delivered or mailed to the appropriate board of
elections and a specific direction stating when such envelope must be
delivered or postmarked and when such envelope, if so mailed, must reach
such board of elections in order to be canvassed.

5. Each ballot envelope shall be enclosed in a second envelope
addressed to the board of elections and bearing a specific direction
that if an application for special presidential ballot is received with
the ballot, such application must be completed by the voter and returned
in such envelope together with the envelope containing the special
presidential ballot. Such second envelope shall be enclosed in a third
envelope addressed to the special presidential voter. The second and
third envelopes shall have printed on the face thereof the words
"Election Material--Please Expedite".