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MUNICIPAL CHARTERS

(III) ENVELOPES.

(AA) ONE ENVELOPE SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE

"RETURN ENVELOPE" AND SHALL BE SUFFICIENTLY LARGE ENOUGH
TO ENCLOSE AND CONTAIN THE "BALLOT ENVELOPE," HEREINAFTER
DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION (BB). ACROSS THE LEFT-HAND FACE
OF THE "RETURN ENVELOPE" SHALL BE PRINTED OR WRITTEN
THESE WORDS: "RETURN ENVELOPE FOR THE ELECTION OF
(DATE)." THE BLANK SPACE IN THESE WORDS SHALL BE FILLED
IN WITH THE DATE OF THE ELECTION, FOLLOWING WHICH SHALL
BE ADDED THE WORDS "CITY CLERK, CITY OF TAKOMA PARK"
TOGETHER WITH THE ADDRESS OF ITS OFFICE, AND BELOW THIS
LAST PHRASE SHALL BE PRINTED IN BOLD TYPE THE WORDS
"OFFICIAL ABSENTEE BALLOT, CITY OF TAKOMA PARK."

(BB) THE "BALLOT ENVELOPE" SHALL BE OF

SUFFICIENT SIZE TO     CONTAIN THE ABSENTEE BALLOT. THE

FOLLOWING OATH SHALL     BE PRINTED ON THE FACE OF THE
ENVELOPE:

OATH OF ABSENTEE RESIDENT

I, _____(NAME OF APPLICANT) , DO HEREBY SWEAR (OR

AFFIRM) UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY THAT I AM A VOTER
LEGALLY QUALIFIED TO VOTE IN THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION
TO BE HELD ON (DATE OF ELECTION); THAT I AM
LEGALLY REGISTERED AS A VOTER OF THE CITY OF TAKOMA
PARK, AS STATED IN MY APPLICATION FOR SAID BALLOT;
THAT I WILL BE UNABLE TO VOTE IN PERSON ON THE DAY
OF SUCH ELECTION BECAUSE (REASON); 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, FOLDED AND ENCLOSED AND SEALED
IN THIS BALLOT ENVELOPE; THAT I AM NOT NOW
DISQUALIFIED FROM VOTING UNDER THE LAWS OF MARYLAND,

(ABSENTEE VOTER MUST SIGN HIS NAME)

WARNING] 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.

(CC) 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