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MUNICIPAL CHARTERS

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 Cleric of the Town of Bel Air not
later than ten (10) days before the election. The
application shall contain an affidavit which shall get
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

(4)    That the voter expects in good
faith to be unable to vote in person for any of the
reasons set out in this subsection.

(b)    Any qualified voter suffering a
physical disability which confines him to a hospital or
which causes him to be confined in bed and which prevents
him or will prevent him from being present and voting
personally at the polls in the Town of Bel Air on
election day shall file with the Board of Election Judges
at the office of the Town of Bel Air in addition to his
application a certificate from a duly licensed physician
of Maryland which will state that the voter is mentally
competent to vote in elections of the Town, but that
because of illness or injury which confines him to a
hospital or causes him to be confined to bed, the voter
is now or will be prevented from voting personally at the
election.

(c)    Printed forms of applications for
absentee ballots in accordance with the requirements of
this Section shall be provided by the Board of Election
Judges and shall be available at the offices of the Town
of Bel Air to anyone upon request.

(iii) (a) Upon receipt of an application
containing the information required herein, the Board of
Election Judges shall reject the application only upon
the unanimous vote of the entire Board, and when
rejected, shall notify applicant of the reason therefor
if it determines upon inquiry the applicant is not
legally qualified to vote at the elections as an absentee