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shall mail or issue absentee ballots, provisional absentee ballots, and notices of rejection<br />
as soon as possible upon determining their eligibility within the time periods set forth in<br />
this subsection. During the period for advance voting set forth in Code Section 21-2-385,<br />
the board of registrars or absentee ballot clerk shall make such determinations and mail<br />
or issue absentee ballots, provisional absentee ballots, and notices of rejection of<br />
application within three days after receiving a timely application for an absentee ballot.<br />
The board of registrars or absentee ballot clerk shall, within the same time periods<br />
specified in this subsection, electronically transmit official absentee ballots to all electors<br />
who have requested to receive their official absentee ballot electronically and are entitled<br />
to vote such absentee ballot under the federal Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee<br />
Voting Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 1973ff 52 U.S.C. Section 20301, et seq., as amended.<br />
(3) The date a ballot is voted in the registrar's or absentee ballot clerk's office or the date<br />
a ballot is mailed or issued to an elector and the date it is returned shall be entered on the<br />
application record therefor.<br />
(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an elector confined in a hospital<br />
may make application for an absentee ballot The delivery of an absentee ballot to a<br />
person confined in a hospital may be made by the registrar or clerk on the day of a<br />
primary or election or during a five-day ten-day period immediately preceding the day<br />
of such primary or election. Such application shall immediately be processed and, if such<br />
applicant is determined to be eligible, the board of registrars or absentee ballot clerk may<br />
deliver the absentee ballot to such elector.<br />
(5) In the event an absentee ballot which has been mailed by the board of registrars or<br />
absentee ballot clerk is not received by the applicant, the applicant may notify the board<br />
of registrars or absentee ballot clerk and sign an affidavit stating that the absentee ballot<br />
has not been received. The board of registrars or absentee ballot clerk shall then issue a<br />
second absentee ballot to the applicant and cancel the original ballot issued. The affidavit<br />
S. B. 202 (SUB)<br />
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