Title 21, Chapter 2, Section 385
( 21-2-385)
(a) At any time after receiving an official absentee ballot, but
before the day of the primary or election, except electors who are
confined to a hospital on the day of the primary or election, the
elector shall vote his or her absentee ballot, then fold the ballot
and enclose and securely seal the same in the envelope on which is
printed "Official Absentee Ballot." This envelope shall then be
placed in the second one, on which is printed the form of the oath
of the elector, the name, relationship, and oath of the person
assisting, if any, and other required identifying information. The
elector shall then fill out, subscribe, and swear to the oath
printed on such envelope. Such envelope shall then be securely
sealed and the elector shall then mail or personally deliver same to
the board of registrars or absentee ballot clerk, provided that
delivery by a physically disabled elector may be made by any adult
person upon satisfactory proof that such adult person is such
elector's mother, father, grandparent, aunt, uncle, brother, sister,
spouse, son, daughter, niece, nephew, grandchild, son-in-law,
daughter-in-law, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law,
sister-in-law, or an individual residing in the household of such
disabled elector. An elector who is confined to a hospital on a
primary or election day to whom an absentee ballot is delivered by
the registrar or absentee ballot clerk shall then and there vote the
ballot, seal it properly, and return it to the registrar or absentee
ballot clerk. (b) A physically disabled or illiterate elector may receive
assistance in preparing his or her ballot from one of the following:
any elector who is qualified to vote in the same county or
municipality as the disabled or illiterate elector or the mother,
father, grandparent, aunt, uncle, brother, sister, spouse, son,
daughter, niece, nephew, grandchild, son-in-law, daughter-in-law,
mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law of
the disabled or illiterate elector. The person rendering assistance
to the elector in preparing the ballot shall sign the oath printed
on the same envelope as the oath to be signed by the elector. If
the disabled or illiterate elector is sojourning outside his or her
own county or municipality, a notary public of the jurisdiction may
give such assistance and shall sign the oath printed on the same
envelope as the oath to be signed by the elector. No person shall
assist more than ten such electors in any primary, election, or
runoff. (c) When an elector applies in person for an absentee ballot, after
the absentee ballots have been printed, the absentee ballot shall be
issued to the elector at the time of the application therefor within
the confines of the registrar's or absentee ballot clerk's office;
and the elector shall then and there vote and return the absentee
ballot as provided in subsections (a) and (b) of this Code section.
The board of registrars or absentee ballot clerk shall furnish
accommodations to the elector to ensure the privacy of the elector
while voting his or her absentee ballot. |