4399
BEL AIR

UNDER THE LAWS OF THE TOWN OF BEL AIR OR OF MARYLAND."
SUCH DELIVERY OR MAILING SHALL BE CONCLUDED NOT LATER
THAN FIVE (5) DAYS BEFORE AN ELECTION DAY.

ABSENTEE BALLOTS SHALL CONTAIN THE WORDS
"ABSENTEE BALLOT", PRINTED IN LARGE LETTERS IN A CLEAR
SPACE AT THE TOP OF EACH BALLOT, AND OTHERWISE SHALL
CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS FOR BALLOTS AS SET FORTH IN
THIS SECTION.

(C)    THE BOARD OF ELECTION JUDGES
SHALL KEEP A RECORD OF APPLICATIONS FOR ABSENTEE VOTERS'
BALLOTS AS THEY ARE RECEIVED SHOWING THE DATE AND TIME
RECEIVED, THE NAMES AND RESIDENCES OF THE APPLICANTS, AND
SUCH RECORDS SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR EXAMINATION BY ANY
REGISTERED VOTER.

(D) AFTER APPROVAL OF AN
APPLICATION FOR ABSENTEE BALLOT AND THE MAILING TO THE
APPLICANT OF AN ABSENTEE BALLOT, THE VOTER'S REGISTRATION
RECORD CARD KEPT IN THE ELECTION POLL BOOK OF THE TOWN OF
BEL AIR SHALL BE REMOVED AND PLACED IN A SEPARATE BINDER
MARKED "REGISTERED ABSENTEE VOTERS" AND RETAINED IN THE
OFFICE OF CLERK OF THE TOWN OF BEL AIR.. A MARKER SHALL
BE PLACED IN THE ELECTION POLL BOOK WITH THE VOTER'S NAME
AND RECORDING THE FACT THAT AN ABSENTEE BALLOT HAS BEEN
MAILED, WHICH SHALL SHOW THE DATE ON WHICH THE BALLOT WAS
SENT. NO SUCH VOTERS SHALL BE ALLOWED TO VOTE IN PERSON
AT ANY POLLING PLACE. AFTER THE BOARD OF ELECTION JUDGES
HAS MADE RETURN OF THE ELECTION FOR WHICH THE BALLOT IS
ISSUED, EACH VOTER'S REGISTRATION CARD SHALL BE RETURNED
TO THE POLL BOOK.

(IV) (A) THE BOARD OF ELECTION JUDGES
SHALL NOT OPEN OR UNFOLD ANY ABSENTEE BALLOTS AT ANY TIME
PRIOR TO THE CLOSING OF THE POLLS AND THE BEGINNING OF
THE CANVASS OF THE BALLOTS.

AT ANY TIME AFTER THE CLOSING OF THE POLLS AND
NOT LATER THAN THE CANVASS OF THE VOTES CAST AT THE
REGULAR VOTING PLACES IN THE TOWN AT ANY ELECTION, THE
BOARD OF ELECTION JUDGES SHALL MEET AND PROCEED TO COUNT,
CERTIFY AND CANVASS THE ABSENTEE BALLOTS CONTAINED IN THE
BALLOT ENVELOPES RECEIVED BY THEM PRIOR TO THE CLOSING OF
THE POLLS ON ELECTION DAY. NO BALLOT SHALL BE REJECTED
BY THE BOARD EXCEPT BY THE UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THE ENTIRE
BOARD. ALL VOTERS' APPLICATIONS, MEDICAL CERTIFICATES,
NOTARIAL AFFIDAVITS, CERTIFICATIONS, BALLOT ENVELOPES AND
BALLOTS SHALL BE KEPT SEPARATE AND APART FROM BALLOTS
CASE AT THE REGULAR VOTING PLACES AND RETAINED FOR SIX
(6) MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE ELECTION AT WHICH THEY
WERE CAST, UNLESS PRIOR TO THAT TIME, THE BOARD SHALL BE
ORDERED BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION TO KEEP THE
SAME FOR ANY LONGER PERIOD.