1290                                Laws of Maryland                         [Ch. 739

qualified, shall reject the application. If said affidavit is verified
before any officer other than a member of the Supervisors of Elec-
tions or an employee thereof designated by it in writing or a notary
public or other officer authorized to administer oaths or is not made
by an applicant who is entitled to apply for an absentee ballot under
the provisions of this sub-title, the Board shall reject the application.
If the Board or member thereof suspects that the applicant is not
such a qualified voter, the Board must make inquiry in reference
thereto. Upon cause duly shown that the applicant is not a qualified
voter, the Board shall withhold delivery of an absentee ballot.

(b)  If the Board shall find that the applicant is a qualified voter of
the ward or election district containing his residence as stated in his
affidavit, and that his affidavit is sufficient, it shall, as soon as
practicable after it shall have determined his right thereto, deliver to
him, at the office of the Board, or shall mail to him at an address
designated by him, an absentee voter's ballot and an envelope therefor.
Postage for transmitting ballot material to the voter shall be paid by
the Board, and postage for the return of ballots shall be paid by the
voters. If the ballots are to be sent by mail, such determination shall
be made at a time which will afford an opportunity for the transmis-
sion and return of the ballots in the usual course of mail, depending
on the location of the mailing address, and which will allow at least
one secular day for marking the ballots, making the necessary affidavit
and re-mailing; but the investigations shall be concluded and determi-
nations made as to all applicants not later than the last Wednesday
before election day.

(c)  The Board shall keep a record of applications for absentee
voters' ballots as they are received, showing the names and resi-
dences of the applicants, and a complete list of all applicants to whom
absentee voters' ballots have been delivered or mailed shall be made
available for inspection by any candidate on the ballot or his political
agent.

237. Ballots for Absentee Voters. (a) The several Boards shall
cause to be printed an adequate number of absentee ballots, of the
three kinds of envelopes hereinafter described and of instructions.
The words "Absentee Ballot" shall be printed in large letters in a
clear space at the top of each of said ballots. The designation of the
polling place 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 absentee resident. One envelope shall be known as
the "Return Evenlope" and shall be sufficiently larger than the other
envelope, which shall be known as the "Ballot Envelope" and which
is hereinafter described, to conveniently enclose and contain the
Ballot Envelope. There shall be printed or written across the left
hand face of the "Return Envelope" the words "Return Envelope for

the election of........................................", the blank space being filled in

with the date of the election, after which there shall be added the
words "Supervisors of Elections of Baltimore City", or "Super-
visors of Elections of............................................County", as the case

may be, and the address of their office, and below this last phrase
shall be printed in bold type the phrase "Official Absentee Ballot,
State of Maryland." The third envelope shall be a covering envelope
in which all the balloting material shall be sent to the absentee
residents, and there shall be printed on the covering envelopes the
return address of the Board from which they are sent, and in bold