§15-5 - Delivery of ballots.
§15-5 Delivery of ballots. (a) Immediately upon receipt of a request within the time limit specified in section 15-4, the clerk shall examine the records to ascertain whether or not the voter is lawfully entitled to vote as requested. As soon as the printed official ballots are available, the clerk shall mail in a forwarding envelope or deliver in person if the voter appears at the office of the clerk, an official ballot and other materials prescribed in section 15-6 except that an incapacitated voter may send a representative to obtain the voter's ballots pursuant to the rules promulgated by the chief election officer. All requests received upon the last day specified in section 15-4 for receipt shall be mailed to the voter requesting the same as soon as reasonably practicable, but in no event later than twenty-four hours after receipt thereof.
(b) If mailed absentee ballots are not received by the voter within five days of an election, the voter may request that absentee ballots be forwarded by facsimile. Upon receipt of such a request and confirmation that proper application was made, the clerk may transmit appropriate ballots by facsimile together with a form requiring the affirmations and information required by section 15-6, and a form containing a waiver of the right to secrecy, as provided by section 11-137. The voter may return the voted ballots and executed forms by facsimile or mail; provided that they are received by the issuing clerk no later than the close of polls on election day. Upon receipt, the clerk shall verify compliance with the requirements of section 15-9(c), and prepare the ballots for counting pursuant to section 15-10. [L 1975, c 36, pt of §3; am L 1980, c 248, §1(c); gen ch 1985; am L 1993, c 304, §8]