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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 wil-
fully 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 sub-
ject to a fine of $1,000 or to imprisonment for not more than two years,
or to both, in the discretion of the court.

(3) The third envelope shall be a "covering envelope" in which all
balloting material shall be sent to the absentee voter. On this envelope
shall be printed the return address of the board from which they are sent
and in bold face type the words "Official Absentee Ballot, Town of Elkton."

19A-8. INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS.

The printed instructions for the casting of absentee ballots are as
follows:

INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS

Enclosed are a Town Absentee Ballot, Ballot Envelope and a Return
Envelope for use in returning the ballot. Warning: Failure to follow these
instructions will invalidate the ballot.

(a)   Examine the ballot before marking. When once marked, do not
erase. Mark the ballot with either pencil or ink by placing an (X) in the
block after each candidate for whom you wish to vote and in the appro-
priate block after each referendum or any other question (if any appear
on the ballot), for or against which you wish to vote. Do not vote for
more candidates than the number specified over the names of candidates
for each office. The ballot must be marked secretly. Do not sign your name
or put on the ballot any mark of identification or any other mark except
the (X) mark or the name of a written-in candidate.

(b)   Then enclose the ballot in the Ballot Envelope and seal the same.

(c)    After sealing the Ballot Envelope, you must, in the presence of a
witness, fill in the blanks in the "Oath of Absentee Resident" on the
Ballot Envelope(s) and sign (Do not print) your name on the line indi-
cated.

(d)   It is absolutely necessary that the "Ballot Envelope" contains
nothing but one ballot marked by you.

(e)   Enclose the Ballot Envelope in the Return Envelope, seal the
Return Envelope and mail at once.

The ballot may be marked and mailed at any time after you receive
it but it must be received by the appropriate board of supervisors of elec-
tions not later than the closing of the polls on election day. If it is not
received prior to such closing, it will not be counted.

(f)   The Absentee Voting Law provides that anyone who wilfully
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.