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Town of Denton, MD
Caroline County
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[Adopted 4-1-1974 by Ord. No. 159]
[Amended 9-4-2014 by Ord. No. 661; 8-6-2020 by Ord. No. 707]
A. 
Application. A voter, otherwise qualified to vote in Town elections, may request an absentee ballot by completing and submitting:
(1) 
An approved absentee ballot application.
(2) 
A written request that includes:
(a) 
The voter's name, residence address and signature; and
(b) 
The address to which the ballot is to be mailed, if different from the residence address; or
(3) 
The accessible online absentee ballot application provided by the Town Board of Elections.
[Amended 3-6-1995 by Ord. No. 330; 9-4-2014 by Ord. No. 661]
A qualified voter of the Town desiring to vote at any Town election as an absentee voter shall make application in writing to the Town Clerk for an absentee ballot. Applications delivered by regular mail must be received not later than 17 calendar days before the election. Applications delivered by the qualified voter in person to the Town Clerk must be received not later than the Friday immediately preceding the election.
Upon receipt of said application, the Town Clerk shall promptly mail or deliver a ballot to the qualified applicant which shall be marked at the top "Absentee Ballot." Underneath these words shall be printed the following instruction: "Mark ballot by placing an X in proper blank after each candidate or question."
Two envelopes shall be provided with the absentee ballot:
A. 
Return envelope: One envelope shall be known as the "return envelope" and shall be addressed "Judges of Town Election, Denton, Maryland."
B. 
Ballot envelope: The other envelope shall be known as the "ballot envelope" and shall contain the Town absentee ballot.
A. 
All ballots must be received by the judges of the Town election not later than the closing of the polls on Town election day. If it is not received prior to such closing, it will not be counted.
B. 
The judges of the Town election shall not open or unfold any ballot envelope prior to the closing of the polls and the beginning of the canvass of all ballots. No absentee ballot shall be rejected except by unanimous vote of the judges of the election.