(a) Not less than thirty (30) days prior to each election the Supervisor of Elections shall prepare in such quantities as he deems necessary the following papers:
1. Absentee ballots similar in form to the official ballots and containing the forwarding address for the appropriate board of election; provided, however, that the names of candidates may be placed on ballots in the order in which the candidates filing for a particular office have filed.
2. Envelopes of sufficient size to contain the ballots specified in paragraph 1 of this section; on which shall be printed the words “Official Absentee Ballot” and nothing else.
3. Envelopes of sufficient size to contain the ballots and ballot envelopes specified in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this section, on which shall be printed the following:
1.
(a) A member of the Uniformed Services or Merchant Marine on active duty; or an eligible spouse or dependent of such a member; or
(b) A U.S. citizen temporarily residing outside the U.S.; or
(c) Other U.S. citizen residing outside the U.S.; and
2. I am a U.S. citizen, at least 18 years of age (or will be by the date of the election), and 1 am eligible to vote in the requested jurisdiction; and
3. I have not been convicted of a felony, or other disqualifying offense, or been adjudicated mentally incompetent, or if so, my voting rights have been reinstated; and
4. I am not registered, requesting a ballot or voting in any jurisdiction in the U.S. or foreign country, except the jurisdiction cited in this voting form.
In voting, I have marked and sealed my ballot in private and have not allowed any person to observe the marking of the ballot, except for those authorized to assist voters under state and Federal law. I have not been influenced by anyone. My signature and date below indicate when I completed the document. The information on this form is true, accurate, and complete to the best of my knowledge. I understand that a material misstatement of fact in completion of this document may constitute grounds for conviction of perjury. Signed __________________ Date: ________________ Month/Day/Year4. Envelopes of a sufficient size to contain the ballots and envelopes specified in paragraphs 1 and 2 above, addressed to the boards of elections for the several election districts, upon which shall be printed “Enclosed is the ballot of an armed forces absentee voter”, and at the top thereof blank spaces for the name, address and voting place of the sender, with the words “Name”, “Address”, and “Election District” appropriately printed thereon. The Supervisor shall affix air mail, special delivery postage to each such envelope to be sent to an applicant for absentee ballot outside the election district in which he or she is qualified to vote.
5. Printed instructions reading as follows:
“INSTRUCTIONS FOR ABSENTEE VOTERS” “If you are physically unable to personally mark ballots they may be marked according to your direction by the person who administers the oath, in which case such person shall certify on the outside thereof that it was so marked with his assistance, and shall thereafter give no information regarding the same.”
6. Copies of this chapter, with such explanatory matter and additional instructions as the Supervisor of Elections, with the approval of the Attorney General, deems appropriate to carry into effect the purposes of this chapter.
(b) The Supervisor of Elections shall determine the size, weight, type and color of paper of the items required to be prepared by this section, and shall retain for his own use so many of the papers provided for in this section as he deems sufficient.