13-21-210. Application for absentee ballots. (1) (a) A United States elector may apply for a regular absentee ballot as follows:
     (i) by making a written request, which must include the elector's birth date and signature;
     (ii) by properly completing, signing, and returning to the election administrator the federal post card application;
     (iii) by making an electronic request that includes the elector's birth date and affirmation of the voter's eligibility to vote under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, 42 U.S.C. 1973ff, et seq.; or
     (iv) by submitting to the election administrator the standard application form provided for in 13-1-210 when registering to vote.
     (b) A person who holds a power of attorney from an absent uniformed services elector may apply for an absentee ballot for that election on behalf of the uniformed services elector. The applicant shall provide a copy of the power of attorney authorizing the request for an absentee ballot along with the application.
     (2) An application for a regular absentee ballot must be received by the appropriate county election administrator by the time specified in 13-2-304 for late registration.
     (3) An application under this section is valid for all federal, state, and local elections in the calendar year in which the application is made unless an elector requests to be mailed an absentee ballot for each subsequent election in which the elector is eligible to vote or only for each subsequent federal election in which the elector is eligible to vote for as long as the elector remains eligible to vote and resides at the address provided in the initial application.
     (4) If an elector fails to provide the address confirmation required by 13-13-212, the elector must be removed from the annual absentee ballot list. An elector who is removed from the annual absentee ballot list will continue to receive absentee ballots during the period covered in the elector's initial application under this section.
     (5) The elector's county election administrator shall provide the elector with a regular absentee ballot for the elections described in subsection (3) as soon as the ballots are printed, but not later than 45 days before either a federal primary election, federal general election, or federal special election.

     History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 557, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 157, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 221, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 278, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 51, Ch. 297, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 111, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 182, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 190, L. 2011.