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20A-3-406. Absentee ballots for military personnel and citizens living overseas --Federal postcard applications for ballot.
(1) (a) An application for an absentee ballot for a military voter who is located in theUnited States shall be filed in the county clerk's office no later than the Friday immediatelybefore the day of election.
(b) A member of the military voting an absentee ballot at the office of the clerk shallapply and cast the absentee ballot no later than the day before the election.
(2) (a) (i) A military voter stationed overseas and an overseas citizen voter shall file anapplication for a ballot with the county clerk no later than 20 days before the date of the election.
(ii) The application for an overseas military voter under Subsection (2)(a)(i) may be filedelectronically as provided in Section 20A-3-408.5.
(b) Upon receipt of a properly completed application for an absentee ballot signed by amilitary voter or an overseas citizen voter, the county clerk shall mail an appropriate ballot to themilitary voter or overseas citizen voter.
(c) At the time the ballot is furnished, the county clerk shall record, in a record bookprovided for that purpose:
(i) the name and home address of the military voter or overseas citizen voter to whom theballot is mailed;
(ii) the address to which the ballot was mailed; and
(iii) the date the ballot was mailed.
(d) If the military voter or overseas citizen voter sends the absentee ballot application tothe lieutenant governor, the lieutenant governor shall forward the application to the county clerkof the county where the military voter or overseas citizen voter is entitled to vote.
(e) If the county clerk rejects the application for an absentee ballot from a military oroverseas citizen voter, the county clerk shall inform the voter of the reasons for rejecting theapplication.
(3) A military voter or overseas citizen voter who is physically disabled and unable to seeor write may apply for a ballot by having a commissioned, noncommissioned, or petty officer notbelow the rank of sergeant or other person authorized to administer oaths to apply for a ballot onthe voter's behalf.
(4) (a) A federal postcard application issued under the authority of any Act of Congressor federal regulation is acceptable, when properly executed, as an application for a ballot underthis chapter.
(b) The county clerk shall accept the completed postcard application as an application forballots for each election for federal office held in the next general election and shall send theapplicant a ballot for each of those elections, as required by Section 20A-3-407.
(5) The county clerk shall retain the application for use at the time the ballot is receivedfrom the military voter or overseas citizen voter.

Amended by Chapter 169, 2010 General Session