Section 115.292

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS

Chapter 115

Effective - 28 Aug 2010, 3 histories, see footnote   (history) 

  115.292.  Special write-in absentee ballot for persons in military service or remote areas for all officers, forms — write-in ballot to be replaced by regular ballot, when, effect. — 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a qualified absentee voter may apply for a special write-in absentee ballot within eighty days of a special, primary, or general election for federal office. Such a ballot shall be for voting for all offices being contested at such election.

  2. A qualified absentee voter applying for a special write-in absentee ballot pursuant to this section shall apply to the local election authority of the area which contains his last residence in this state for such ballot. The application for a special write-in absentee ballot may be made on the federal postcard application form, by letter, or on a form provided by the local election authority.

  3. Upon receipt of the application, the election authority shall issue a special write-in absentee ballot. Such ballot shall permit the voter to cast a ballot by writing in a party preference for each office, the names of specific candidates, or the names of persons whom the voter prefers.

  4. The election authority shall issue a regular absentee ballot as soon as such ballots are available. If both the regular absentee ballot and the special write-in absentee ballot are returned, the regular absentee ballot shall be counted and the special write-in absentee ballot shall be voided.

  5. The special write-in absentee ballot provided for in this section shall be used instead of the federal write-in absentee ballot in general, special, and primary elections for federal office as authorized in Title 42, U.S.C. Section 1973ff-2(e), as amended.

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(L. 1988 H.B. 933, et al., A.L. 1993 S.B. 31, A.L. 2003 H.B. 511, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1524 & 2260)