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An application for an absentee ballot shall be made in person or in writing to the Supervisor of Elections by the absentee or anyone in his behalf, which application shall contain the absentee's name, present mailing address, legal residence and satisfactory proof of his status as an absentee as defined by this chapter. The application must be received by the Supervisor of Elections at least 14 working days before the date of the election at which the absentee desires to vote, except that in the case of a person whose illness or disability commences on a day following the seventh day before such election, or in the case of a person who delivers his application to the board in person, such application must be received not later than the Monday preceding the election. Upon receipt of such an application, the Supervisor of Elections shall, if satisfied that the applicant is entitled to vote as an absentee, forthwith forward by mail or deliver in person to the absentee an absentee ballot, with one each of the envelopes specified in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of subsection (a) of section 663 of this chapter, and necessary explanatory and instructional matter as provided for in paragraph 5 of such subsection (a). Promptly after the last day of receiving applications for absentee ballots the Supervisor of Elections shall notify each board of elections of names and stated legal residence of all absentees claiming legal residence in its election district to whom absentee ballots have been sent for use at the ensuing election, and shall also cause the registration cards of such absentee voters to be removed from the district register prior to the date of the election. Such cards shall be replaced in the district register after the election in question has been conducted.
No such ballot shall be forwarded to any absentee whose application therefor is received by the Supervisor of Elections less than 14 working days before the election. In such cases, the Supervisor of Elections shall retain the application in the files of his office, and shall notify the applicant, by mail, of the reason why it cannot be honored. He shall mail or deliver a duplicate of such notice to the board of elections concerned.
All applications received by the Supervisor of Elections under this section, whether received in sufficient time, or not, shall be stamped in his office with the date of receipt by him.