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MUNICIPAL CHARTERS

(A)     ANY QUALIFIED VOTER WHOSE PHYSICAL
DISABILITY CONFINES HIM TO BED AND/OR PERMANENTLY
PREVENTS HIM FROM BEING PRESENT TO REGISTER OR REREGISTER
AT THE OFFICE OF THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS SHALL BE
ALLOWED TO REGISTER OR REREGISTER BY COMPLETING SUCH
APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION AS THE SUPERVISOR SHALL
PRESCRIBE AND APPROVAL OF SAID APPLICATION BY THE
SUPERVISOR.

(B)    ANY ELIGIBLE VOTER, AS DEFINED IN § 1 OF
THIS ARTICLE, WHO IS IN ANY OF THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES
SHALL BE ALLOWED TO REGISTER AND REREGISTER BY COMPLETING
SUCH APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION AS THE SUPERVISOR SHALL
PRESCRIBE AND APPROVAL OF SAID APPLICATION BY THE
SUPERVISOR. UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED, ALL APPLICATIONS
FOR ABSENTEE BALLOTS MUST BE RECEIVED WITHIN THE TIME
PRESCRIBED IN § 30-4(A) OF THIS ARTICLE. THOSE
CATEGORIES OF ELIGIBLE VOTERS ARE:

(1)   A PERSON AS AN OFFICER OR MEMBER OF
THE CREW OF ANY VESSEL DOCUMENTED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE
UNITED STATES OR ENROLLED FOR SUCH EMPLOYMENT WITH THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND HIS SPOUSE OR DEPENDENTS;

(2)    A CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE OF THE UNITED
STATES IN ALL CATEGORIES SERVING OUTSIDE THE UNITED
STATES, WHETHER OR NOT SUBJECT TO THE CIVIL SERVICE LAWS,
AND WHETHER OR NOT PAID FROM FUNDS APPROPRIATED BY
CONGRESS, AND HIS SPOUSE OR DEPENDENTS;

(3)    ANY PERSON SERVING WITH THE
AMERICAN RED CROSS, THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, AND WOMEN'S
AUXILIARY SERVICE PILOTS, AND THE UNITED STATES
ORGANIZATION WHO IS ATTACHED TO OR SERVING WITH THE ARMED
FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES,
AND HIS SPOUSE OR DEPENDENTS;

(4)   ANY CITIZEN AND RESIDENT WHO IS
CONTINUOUSLY ABSENT FROM THE TOWN FOR THE THIRTY (30)
DAYS PRIOR TO THE CLOSING OF REGISTRATION BEFORE ANY
ELECTION, EITHER OF WHOM MAY APPLY FOR REGISTRATION AND
VOTING DURING THOSE THIRTY (30) DAYS, PROVIDING HIS
APPLICATION IS RECEIVED BY THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS NO
LATER THAN FOUR WEEKS BEFORE THE ELECTION FOR WHICH HE
APPLIES FOR VOTING; AND

(5)   ANY OTHERWISE QUALIFIED VOTER WHOSE
CONFINEMENT IN OR RESTRICTION TO AN INSTITUTION PREVENTS
HIM FROM BEING PRESENT TO REGISTER OR REREGISTER AT THE
OFFICE OF ANY BOARD WITH ANY BOARD OF REGISTRY.

(C) FOR PURPOSES
SHALL BE DEEMED AND HELD TO
THE WARD IN WHICH HE RESIDED

OF THIS SECTION, A VOTER
HAVE RESIDED CONTINUOUSLY IN
AT THE TIME HE FIRST LEFT TO