10 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 3

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
application in writing to the Secretary of State of Maryland
requesting that he be sent a State Absentee Ballot. Such
application shall be signed by the applicant and shall disclose
the applicant's full name and last home address in Maryland,
the address to which the Absentee Ballot shall be sent, and
that he is in the armed forces of the United States or other-
wise has a status which entitles him to vote as an Absentee
Resident. The Secretary of State shall immediately forward
to the appropriate 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 herein-
after provided. The informality of any application, including
any made in accordance with Section 132 of this sub-title,
or failure to include therein all the data prescribed above
shall not invalidate 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 appli-
cation 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
Absentee Resident or to secure an Absentee Ballot or Official
War Ballot executed in accordance with any Act of Congress
providing for absentee voting, if signed by any Absentee Resi-
dent, shall be treated by the Secretary of State and the
appropriate Board upon its receipt by them as an application
for a State Absentee Ballot, which shall be forwarded as in
this sub-title provided.

132. Upon the request of any relative or friend of an
Absentee Resident, it shall be the duty of the several Boards
to furnish said relative or friend an application to be for-
warded to such Absentee Resident and on which such Ab-
sentee Resident may apply for a State Absentee Ballot, which
said application shall be in the following form:

(Date)
Secretary of State of Maryland.

I, ........................, hereby apply for a Maryland

(Print Name)
Absentee Ballot for the Election to be held on..............

(Date of Election)