13-13-271. Federal write-in absentee ballot -- qualifications. (1) An elector in the United States service, as defined in 13-2-211, who is overseas, has applied for a regular absentee ballot as provided in 13-13-212 or subsection (3) of this section, and fears that the elector might not receive a regular ballot in time to vote and return it to the election administrator may vote a federal write-in absentee ballot as provided in 13-13-272.
     (2) The federal write-in absentee ballot is available to military personnel and civilians overseas through the same source that provides federal post card application forms and is only valid for federal elections.
     (3) An overseas elector in the United States service may use a federal write-in absentee ballot transmission envelope to register to vote and to apply for a regular absentee ballot if the envelope is received by the election administrator not less than 30 days before the election and the envelope has been properly completed and signed.
     (4) As used in this section, "overseas" means outside the territorial limits of the United States and does not mean any location within the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, or Guam.

     History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 43, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 302, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 164, L. 1999.