SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                       937

"Mark ballot by placing 'X' in proper blank after each candidate
or question. Do not erase or make identifying mark." The designa-
tion of the election district or ward and the precinct shall be left
blank on the back and outside of said ballots and shall be filled in
by the appropriate board before being sent to any registered ab-
sentee voter.

(c) (1) One envelope shall be known as the "return envelope"
and shall be sufficiently larger than any of the other hereinafter
described envelopes so that it will enclose and contain the other
envelopes. Across the left hand face of the "return envelope" shall
be printed or written these words "Return Envelope for the election

of ........................................." The blank space in these words shall

(Date)

be filled in with the date of the election, following which shall be
added the words "Supervisors of Elections of Baltimore City" or

"Supervisors of Elections of........................................ County," as the

case may be, together with the address of their office, and below
this last phrase shall be printed in bold type the words "Official
Absentee Ballot, State of Maryland (or City of Baltimore, as the
case may be.)"

(2)    The "Ballot envelope" shall be of sufficient size to contain the
State absentee ballot. The following oath shall be printed on the
face of the envelope:

"Oath of Absentee Resident
I, ........................................, do hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a

voter legally qualified to vote in the ........................ election to be

(Primary, general or special)

held on................, that I am legally registered in ................ precinct

(Date)

of the ................ district or ward in .......................... County or Balti-
more City, as stated in my application for said ballot; that I will
be unable to vote in person on the day of such election because

........................................; that I have not qualified nor do I intend to

vote elsewhere than as set forth herein; that the within ballot was by
me marked secretly, folded and enclosed and sealed in this Ballot
Envelope; that I am not now disqualified from voting under the
laws of Maryland.

(Absentee voter must sign his name)

Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me this ................day

of................,19.....

(Notary Public or other person
authorized to administer oaths)"

(3)    The third envelope shall be a "covering envelope" in which
all balloting material shall be sent to the absentee voter. On this
envelope shall be printed the return address of the board from which
they are sent and in bold face type the words "Official Absentee
Ballot, State of Maryland."