SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                       933

but, with the exception of Baltimore City, it does not include mu-
nicipal elections in any municipal corporation.

27-4. Applications for absentee ballots.

(a)    A qualified voter desiring to vote at any election as an ab-
sentee voter shall make application in writing to the board for an
absentee ballot, which application must be received not later than
ten (10) days before the election. The application shall contain an
affidavit, which shall set forth the following information:

(1)    The voter's name and residence address, including the street
and number, if any, or rural route, if any;

(2)    That the person is a qualified voter at the residence address
given;

(3)    If the person voted at the preceding election, the residence
address from which he voted; and

(4)    That the voter expects in good faith to be unable to vote in
person for any of the reasons set out in Section 27-1 of this Article.

(b)    Only the members of the board and employees designated
by it in writing for such purpose and any notary public or other
officer authorized to administer oaths, including any person au-
thorized by federal law to administer oaths, shall have authority
to administer the oath to any voter making the affidavit required
in an application for an absentee ballot.

27-5. Application forms.

(a)    Printed forms of applications for absentee ballots in ac-
cordance with the requirements of this subtitle shall be provided by
the boards and shall be available to anyone upon request.

(b) (1) The application for an absentee voter who is absent from
the State of Maryland or who is unable to vote in person because of
physical disability as defined in Section 27-2 of this Article, either
of whom is entitled to be registered pursuant to Section 3-7 of this
Article, shall be in the following form:

(Date)

Board of Supervisors of Elections of.................................... (County or

Baltimore City)

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

(Print Name)

Baltimore City) Absentee Ballot for the Election to be held on

(Date of Election)

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

(No. and Street or RFD)

town or village of..............................in the County of..........................,

Maryland

I am now registered as ............................................; or

(Party or Decline)