Absentee ballots authorized - Adjustment of filing period.

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A. Absentee ballots shall be provided for any election conducted by a county election board. A charter municipality may adjust its filing period and election dates to allow sufficient time for the mailing and return of absentee ballots if the filing period or election dates provided in the municipality's charter do not provide sufficient time for the mailing and return of absentee ballots.

B. Any election called by a charter municipality simultaneously with any other entity's election held in any part of the municipality shall provide no less time for the mailing and return of absentee ballots than the least time provided by the other entity.

Added by Laws 1974, c. 201, § 1, operative July 1, 1974. Renumbered from § 327.1 of this title by Laws 1976, c. 90, § 11, emerg. eff. May 6, 1976. Amended by Laws 1981, c. 292, § 5; Laws 1997, c. 176, § 14, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.


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