§15-5  Delivery of ballots.  (a) 
Immediately upon receipt of a request within the time limit specified in
section 15-4, the clerk shall examine the records to ascertain whether or not
the voter is lawfully entitled to vote as requested.  As soon as the printed
official ballots are available, the clerk shall mail in a forwarding envelope
or deliver in person if the voter appears at the office of the clerk, an
official ballot and other materials prescribed in section 15-6 except that an
incapacitated voter may send a representative to obtain the voter's ballots
pursuant to the rules promulgated by the chief election officer.  All requests
received upon the last day specified in section 15-4 for receipt shall be
mailed to the voter requesting the same as soon as reasonably practicable, but
in no event later than twenty-four hours after receipt thereof.



(b)  If mailed absentee ballots are not
received by the voter within five days of an election, the voter may request
that absentee ballots be forwarded by facsimile.  Upon receipt of such a
request and confirmation that proper application was made, the clerk may
transmit appropriate ballots by facsimile together with a form requiring the
affirmations and information required by section 15-6, and a form containing a
waiver of the right to secrecy, as provided by section 11-137.  The voter may
return the voted ballots and executed forms by facsimile or mail; provided that
they are received by the issuing clerk no later than the close of polls on
election day.  Upon receipt, the clerk shall verify compliance with the
requirements of section 15-9(c), and prepare the ballots for counting pursuant
to section 15-10. [L 1975, c 36, pt of §3; am L 1980, c 248, §1(c); gen ch
1985; am L 1993, c 304, §8]