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(2) The term "United States", when used geographically in
this sub-title, means only the territorial limits of the several
States of the United States and the District of Columbia.

(3) "Election" shall mean any general State-wide or any
general or special Congressional Election held in this State
during the effective period of this Act.

(4) "Board" or "Supervisors" means the Boards of Super-
visors of Elections of the several counties of the State and of
Baltimore City.

306. VOTING By ABSENTEE RESIDENTS. Every Absentee
Resident shall be entitled to vote at any election in the manner
hereinafter provided in this sub-title.

At any time before any election, any Absentee Resident, who
has reason to believe that because of his status as such he will
be unable to vote in person at such election, may make applica-
tion in writing to the Secretary of State of Maryland request-
ing that he be sent a State Absentee Ballot. Such application
shall be signed by the applicant and shall disclose the appli-
cant's full name and last home address in Maryland, the ad-
dress to which the Absentee Ballot shall be sent, and that he is
in the armed forces of the United States or otherwise has a
status which entitles him to vote as an Absentee Resident.
The Secretary of State shall immediately forward to the ap-
propriate Board each such application received by him. As
soon as an application is received by a Board, it shall mail the
applicant a State Absentee Ballot as hereinafter provided.
The informality of any application, including any made in
accordance with Section 307 of this sub-title, or failure to
include therein all the data prescribed above shall not invali-
date the application and each Board receiving a written or
printed request for an Absentee Ballot signed by the applicant
shall honor the same if it is possible to ascertain from the
request or otherwise the name of the individual seeking the
ballot and the address to which the ballot is to be sent.

An Absentee Resident shall be entitled to be sent a State
Absentee Ballot as hereinabove provided only if the applica-
tion therefor is received by the appropriate Board at least five
days before the date of an election.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this sub-title, any
form of application for the right or means to vote as an Ab-
sentee Resident or to secure an Absentee Ballot or Official War
Ballot executed in accordance with any Act of Congress provid-
ing for absentee voting, if signed by any Absentee Resident,
shall be treated by the Secretary of State and the appropriate
Board upon its receipt by them as an application for a State