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Absentee Voting in Municipal Elections Except for the City of Wilmington

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Purpose of subchapter; scope.

Persons eligible to vote by absentee ballot.

Request for ballot; statement for absentee ballots; delivery of absentee ballots.

Distribution of ballots, envelopes, and instructions; envelope specifications; prepaid postage.

Requirements for ballot envelope; numbering and coding; voter identification label; affidavit of eligibility.

Voting procedure; execution of affidavit; return of ballot.

Time limit for return of ballot; late ballots.

Procedure on receipt of ballot envelope by municipality.

Counting procedure for absentee ballots.

Preparing absentee ballots to be counted.

Carrier envelope specifications; carrier envelopes as ballot boxes.

Challenges.

Rejected ballots.

Validity of absentee voter's ballot for wrong municipal election district.

Procedure if requests or ballots sent to wrong official; absentee ballots received by election officers.

File of absentee voters.