WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 11

My home address is ........................, in the city,

(No. and Street or R. F. D.)
town or village of ........................ in the County of

........................,, Maryland, and my voting district

(or ward) and precinct to the best of my knowledge is.......

I will be 21 years old or older on .......................

(Date of Election)

My choice of a party primary ballot is ...................

(Fill in only in case of primary ballot)

I desire that the ballot be sent to me at the following
address:

(Sign Name)
(Military Rank or other status)

Signature Certified by:

(To be signed by any commissioned
officer, non-commissioned officer, not
below the rank of sergeant, or petty
officer, other than applicant; if in
Merchant Marine, certifying officer
may be a Master, First Officer, Chief
Engineer or Purser.)

(Rank)"

The foregoing shall be printed on one side of a card, and
on the opposite side of the card shall be printed "Secretary
of State of Maryland, Annapolis, Maryland".

It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to disseminate
information regarding the securing and mailing of State
Absentee Ballots as much as possible among the Absentee
Residents of Maryland, and, to this end, he is authorized to
seek the cooperation both of the publishers of newspapers
and other publications, radio stations, and other agencies
customarily used in the dissemination of news or informa-
tion, and also of the War and Navy Departments and the
Office of War Information, or of any other Federal office or
agency.

133. Upon receipt of each application for an Absentee
Ballot, it shall be the duty of the respective Boards to enter
the fact that such application has been made, the name and
address of the applicant, the date the application was re-
ceived and any other relevant information in books to be
kept especially for that purpose. The Boards shall verify
from the registration books whether such applicant is regis-
tered, and, if he is, the record of such application and the
precinct and ward or district in which he is registered shall