13-13-212. Application for absentee ballot. (1) Application for absentee ballots shall be made by a written request signed by the applicant and addressed to or transmitted by facsimile to the election administrator of the applicant's county of residence.
     (2) Application for an absentee ballot may be made by any elector in the United States service by the federal post card application or by any written request signed by the applicant and addressed to or transmitted by facsimile to the election administrator of the applicant's county of residence.
     (3) If an elector requests an absentee ballot because of a sudden illness or health emergency, the application for an absentee ballot may be made by written request signed by the elector at the time the ballot is delivered in person by the special absentee election board provided for in 13-13-225. Such elector may request by telephone, facsimile transmission, or other means to have a ballot and application personally delivered to him by the special absentee election board at his place of confinement, hospitalization, or residence within the county. Such a request may be made no later than noon on election day.

     History: En. Sec. 122, Ch. 368, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 287, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 23-3704; amd. Sec. 119, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 239, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 591, L. 1991.