13-21-210. Application for absentee ballots. (1) A United States elector may apply for regular absentee ballots as follows:
     (a) by making a written request, which must include the elector's birth date and signature;
     (b) by properly completing, signing, and returning to the election administrator the federal post card application; or
     (c) by properly completing, signing, and returning to the appropriate county election administrator the federal write-in absentee ballot transmission envelope.
     (2) An application for a federal write-in absentee ballot must be received by the appropriate county election administrator not less than 30 days before the date of an election. An application received less than 30 days before the date of an election must be processed for the next election.
     (3) An application under this section is valid for all state and local elections in the calendar year in which the application is made and the next two regularly scheduled federal general elections. The elector's county election administrator shall provide the elector with a regular absentee ballot for the elections described in this subsection as soon as the ballots become available.

     History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 557, L. 2003.