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BEL AIR

Bel Air entitled "Elections; oath of office." be and the
same is hereby amended by adding subsection (f) thereto
to read as follows:

106. Elections; oath of office.

(E) ABSENTEE VOTING

(I)    THE FOLLOWING PERSONS MAY VOTE AS
ABSENTEE VOTERS IN GENERAL OR SPECIAL ELECTIONS HELD IN
THE TOWN OF BEL AIR:

(A)    ANY QUALIFIED VOTER WHO MAY
BE UNAVOIDABLY ABSENT FROM THE TOWN OF BEL AIR FOR ANY
REASON ON ANY ELECTION DAY; AND

(B)    ANY QUALIFIED VOTER WHO, AS
A CONDITION OF HIS EMPLOYMENT, MAY BE REQUIRED TO BE
ABSENT A DISTANCE OF GREATER THAN SEVENTY-FIVE (75) MILES
FROM HIS PLACE OF RESIDENCE ON ANY ELECTION DAY; AND

(C)    ANY QUALIFIED VOTER WHO IS A
FULL-TIME OR REGULAR STUDENT IN A BONA FIDE SCHOOL,
COLLEGE, HOSPITAL OR SIMILAR INSTITUTION AND IS
UNAVOIDABLY ABSENT FROM THE TOWN OF BEL AIR AND FROM
HARFORD COUNTY ON ANY ELECTION DAY; AND

(D) ANY QUALIFIED VOTER
SUFFERING A PHYSICAL DISABILITY WHICH CONFINES HIM TO A
HOSPITAL OR WHICH CAUSES HIM TO BE CONFINED TO BED AND
WHICH PREVENTS OR WILL PREVENT HIM FROM BEING PRESENT AND
VOTING PERSONALLY AT THE POLLS IN THE TOWN OF BEL AIR ON
ELECTION DAY.

(II)   (A) A QUALIFIED VOTER DESIRING
TO VOTE IN ANY ELECTION AS AN ABSENTEE VOTER SHALL MAKE
APPLICATION IN WRITING TO THE BOARD OF ELECTION JUDGES
FOR AN ABSENTEE BALLOT, WHICH APPLICATION MUST BE FILED
AT THE OFFICES OF THE CLERK OF THE TOWN OF BEL AIR NOT
LATER THAN TEN (10) DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION. THE
APPLICATION SHALL CONTAIN AN AFFIDAVIT WHICH SHALL SET
FORTH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY:

(1) THE VOTER'S NAME AND
RESIDENCE ADDRESS INCLUDING THE STREET AND NUMBER, 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