1312                             Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 739

(e)  "Election" shall mean any municipal primary or general elec-
tion, as the case may be, held in the City of Baltimore.

(f)  "Board" or "Supervisors" means the Board of Supervisors of
Elections of Baltimore City.

269.   Absentee Ballot. (a) Right to Vote. Every Absentee Resi-
dent shall be entitled to vote at any municipal primary or general
election in Baltimore City in the manner hereinafter provided in
this sub-title.

(b)  Dates for Certificates of Candidacy and Municipal Primary
Elections. Any person wishing to file a certificate of candidacy in
a municipal primary election in Baltimore City shall file it on or
before the date specified in Section 56 of this Article. The time for
holding a municipal primary election in Baltimore City shall be
on the day specified in Section 62 of this Article.

(c)  Application for Ballot. At any time before any such 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 Board of Supervisors of
Elections of Baltimore City, requesting that he be sent an Absentee
Ballot. Such application shall be signed by the applicant and shall
disclose the applicant's full name and last home address in Balti-
more City, the address 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. As
soon as an application is received by the Board, it shall mail the
applicant an Absentee Ballot, as hereinafter provided. The infor-
mality of any application, including any made in accordance with
Section 270 of this sub-title, or failure to include therein all the
data prescribed 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 otherwise the name of the indi-
vidual seeking the ballot and the address to which the ballot is to
be sent.

(d)  Time to Apply. An Absentee Resident shall be entitled to be
sent an Absentee Ballot as hereinabove provided only if the applica-
tion therefor is received by the said Board at least five (5) days
before the date of an election.

270.   Mailing Absentee Ballot. (a) Form of Application. 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 forwarded to such Absentee Resident, and on which
such Absentee 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

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