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TAKOMA PARK

FOR MASKING THE BALLOTS. ALL SUCH INVESTIGATION SHALL BE
CONCLUDED AND ANY DETERMINATIONS MADE AS TO ALL ABSENTEE
BALLOT APPLICATIONS NOT LATER THAN FIVE DAYS BEFORE
ELECTION DAY.

(III) RECORD OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED AND
BALLOTS DELIVERED.

(AA) THE CITY CLERK SHALL KEEP A RECORD

OF APPLICATIONS FOR ABSENTEE VOTER'S BALLOTS AS THEY ARE
RECEIVED, SHOWING THE DATE AND TIME RECEIVED, AND NAMES
AND RESIDENCES OF THE APPLICANTS, AND SUCH RECORD SHALL
BE AVAILABLE FOR EXAMINATION BY ANY REGISTERED VOTER.

(BB) AFTER APPROVAL OF AN APPLICATION

FOR AN ABSENTEE BALLOT AND THE BAILING TO THE APPLICANT
OF AN ABSENTEE BALLOT, THE CITY CLERK SHALL MAKE A
NOTATION ON THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF THE REGISTERED
VOTERS SUPPLIED TO THE CITY CLERK BY THE BOARD OF
ELECTIONS SUPERVISORS FOR MONTGOMERY AND PRINCE GEORGE'S
COUNTIES RESPECTIVELY THAT AN ABSENTEE BALLOT HAS BEEN
MAILED, WHICH SHALL SHOW THE DATE ON WHICH THE BALLOT WAS
SENT AND THE CITY CLERK SHALL ALSO MAKE A CARD SHOWING
THE VOTER'S NAME, WARD AND ADDRESS, AND SHOWING THE DATE
ON WHICH THE BALLOT WAS SENT, WHICH SHALL BE DELIVERED BY
THE CITY CLERK TO THE CHIEF JUDGE OF ELECTIONS. NO SUCH
VOTER SHALL VOTE OR BE ALLOWED TO VOTE IN PERSON IN A
POLLING PLACE ON THE DATE OF ELECTION.

(CC) ONE BALLOT TO AN APPLICANT. NOT

MORE THAN ONE ABSENTEE BALLOT SHALL BE MAILED TO ANY ONE
APPLICANT UNLESS THE CITY CLERK HAS REASONABLE GROUNDS TO
BELIEVE THAT THE ABSENTEE BALLOT PREVIOUSLY MAILED HAS
BEEN LOST, DESTROYED OR SPOILED.

(7) BALLOTS FOR ABSENTEE VOTERS.

(I)    PRINTING OF BALLOTS, ENVELOPES AND
INSTRUCTIONS. IN SUFFICIENT TIME PRIOR TO ANY ELECTION,
THE CITY CLERK SHALL HAVE PRINTED AN ADEQUATE NUMBER OF
ABSENTEE BALLOTS, THE THREE KINDS OF ENVELOPES DESCRIBED
IN THIS SUBSECTION, AND THE INSTRUCTIONS TO ABSENTEE
VOTERS DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION (8) OF THIS SECTION.

(II)   FORM OF BALLOTS. THE BALLOTS SHALL
CONTAIN THE WORDS "ABSENTEE BALLOT" PRINTED IN LARGE
LETTERS IN A CLEAR SPACE AT THE TOP OF EACH BALLOT.
UNDERNEATH THESE WORDS SHALL BE PRINTED THE FOLLOWING
WARNING: "MARK BALLOT BY PLACING 'X' IN PROPER BLANK
AFTER EACH CANDIDATE OR QUESTION. DO NOT ERASE OR MAKE
IDENTIFYING MARK." THE DESIGNATION OF THE ELECTION
DISTRICT SHALL BE LEFT BLANK ON THE BACK AND OUTSIDE OF
SAID BALLOTS AND SHALL BE FILLED IN BY THE CITY CLERK
BEFORE BEING SENT TO ANY REGISTERED ABSENTEE VOTER.