706                               LAWS) OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 245

[Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me this ....................

day of....................,19.........

(Notary Public or other person autho-
rized to administer oaths)]

Warning! The Absentee Voting Law provides that anyone who wil-
fully signs any false application or oath, or who wilfully does any act
contrary to the terms and provisions of the Absentee Voting Law
with intent to cast an illegal vote or to aid another in doing so, or who
wilfully violates any of the provisions of that law or who applies for
a ballot under any other name than his own, shall, upon conviction,
be subject to a fine of $1,000 or to imprisonment for not more than
two years, or to both, in the discretion of the court.

Warning! An absentee ballot will not be sent to you unless you are
registered to vote in elections in this State.

27-6.

(a) Upon receipt of an application containing the affidavit, the
board shall reject the application only upon the unanimous vote of
the entire board and when rejected shall notify the applicant of the
reason therefor if [:]

[(1) It] it determines upon inquiry that the applicant is not
legally qualified to vote at the election as an absentee voter [; or

(2) If the affidavit is verified before any officer other than a
member of the board or an employee thereof designated by it in
writing or a notary public or other officer authorized to administer
oaths. If the board or member thereof suspects that the applicant
is not a qualified voter, the board shall make inquiries in reference
thereto, and upon cause duly shown that the applicant is not a
qualified voter, the board shall withhold delivery of an absentee
ballot].

27-7.

(c) (2) The "ballot envelope" shall be of sufficient size to contain
the State absentee ballot. The following oath shall be printed on the
face of the envelope:

"Oath of Absentee Resident
I, ........................................, do hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a

voter legally qualified to vote in the .................................... election

(Primary, general or special)

to be held on ........................................, that I am legally registered

(Date)

in....................precinct of the........................................district or ward

in........................................County or Baltimore City, as stated in my

application for said ballot; that I will be unable to vote in person

on the day of such election because........................................................;

that I have not qualified nor do I intend to vote elsewhere than as set
forth herein; that the within ballot was by me marked secretly,