§15-4  Request for absentee ballot. 
(a)  Any person registered to vote may request an absentee ballot in person or
in writing from the clerk not earlier than on the sixtieth day and not later
than 4:30 p.m. on the seventh day prior to the election.  Any mailed requests
for an absentee ballot shall be mailed by the person directly to the clerk. 
The clerk may waive any or all of the foregoing requirements in special cases
as provided in the rules adopted by the chief election officer.



The request shall include information such as
the person's social security number, date of birth, and the address under which
the person is registered to vote.  The request shall also include the address
to which the person wishes the requested ballot forwarded.  The request, when
made for any primary or special primary election, may include an additional
request for an absentee ballot to be voted at any election immediately
following the primary or special primary; provided the person so indicates in
the person's request.



Subsequent to the closing of registration for
each election, the clerk may mail a request form for an absentee ballot to each
voter in a remote area who has not already made such a request.  The request
form shall be accompanied by:



(1)  A stamped, self-addressed envelope; and



(2)  Instructions regarding the manner of completing
and returning the request form.



(b)  Notwithstanding subsection (a), the clerk
shall mail an absentee ballot for each primary, special primary, special,
general, and special general election to each registered voter who resides in
the county of Kalawao.  The chief election officer may adopt rules to carry out
this subsection.



(c)  When a registered voter requests an
absentee ballot, the voter also may include an additional request to receive
absentee ballots permanently.  After receiving a request for permanent absentee
voter status, the clerk shall mail to the voter who requested permanent
absentee voter status an absentee ballot for all subsequent elections conducted
in that precinct.



(d)  The chief election officer shall inform
voters of the option of applying for permanent absentee voter status and shall
provide any necessary form to request the permanent absentee ballot option to
any registered voter requesting an absentee ballot.



(e)  A permanent absentee voter shall be
responsible for informing the clerk of any changes to personal information,
including changes to the voter's forwarding address.



(f)  A voter's permanent absentee voter status
shall be terminated if any of the following conditions apply:



(1)  The voter requests in writing that such status be
terminated;



(2)  The voter dies, loses voting rights, registers to
vote in another jurisdiction, or is otherwise disqualified from voting;



(3)  The voter's absentee ballot, voter notification
postcard, or any other election mail is returned to the clerk as undeliverable
for any reason; or



(4)  The voter does not return a voter ballot by 6:00
p.m. election day in both the primary and general election of an election year.



(g)  If a voter's permanent absentee voter
status has been terminated due to one or more of the conditions specified in
subsection (f), the voter shall be responsible for again requesting permanent
absentee status as specified in subsection (c). [L 1975, c 36, pt of §3; am L
1980, c 248, §1(b); am L 1981, c 29, §1(2); gen ch 1985; am L 1986, c 305, §5;
am L 2004, c 100, §2; am L Sp 2008, c 4, §1]