978 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 799

has a status which entitles him to vote as an Absentee Resi-
dent. As soon as an application is received by the Board,
it shall mail the applicant an Absentee Ballot, as herein-
after provided. The informality of any application, in-
cluding any made in accordance with Section 239D of this
sub-title, or failure to include therein all the data pre-
scribed above, shall not invalidate the application, and the
Board upon 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 other-
wise 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 an
Absentee Ballot as hereinabove provided only if the appli-
cation therefor is received by the said Board, at least five
days (5) before the date of an election.

239D. Upon the request of any relative or friend of
an Absentee Resident, it shall be the duty of the Board 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 an Absentee Ballot, which
said application shall be in the following form:

Date
Board of Supervisors of Elections of Baltimore City:

I,........................................................ hereby apply for a Baltimore

Print name

City Absentee Ballot for the municipal primary election to
be held on................................................................... 1947.

My home address is................................................................... in the City

No. and Street

of Baltimore, State of Maryland, and my voting district
(or ward) and precinct to the best of my knowledge
is...................................................................

I desire to be registered as............................................................................

(If not now registered, indicate party affiliation desired.
If no party is indicated, you will not be permitted to vote
in the municipal primary election. )

I will be 21 years or older on....................................................... 1947.

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

(Sign Name)
(Military Rank or other status)