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1125 P.S. § 3146.2 (2010)
§ 3146.2. Applications for official absentee ballots
(a) Any qualified elector defined in preceding section 1301, subsections (a) to (h), inclusive,
may apply at any time before any primary or election for any official absentee ballot in person,
on any form supplied by the Federal Government, or on any official county board of election
form addressed to the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or the county board of
election of the county in which his voting residence is located.
(b) The application shall contain the following information: Home residence at the time of
entrance into actual military service or Federal employment, length of time a citizen, length of
residence in Pennsylvania, date of birth, length of time a resident of voting district, voting
district if known, party choice in case of primary, name and, for a military elector, his stateside
military address, FPO or APO number and serial number. Any elector other than a military
elector shall in addition specify the nature of his employment, the address to which ballot is to
be sent, relationship where necessary, and such other information as may be determined and
prescribed by the Secretary of the Commonwealth. When such application is received by the
Secretary of the Commonwealth it shall be forwarded to the proper county board of election.
(c) The application of any qualified elector, as defined in section 1301(a), (b), (c), (d), (e),
(f), (g) and (h), for an official absentee ballot in any primary or election may not be made over
the signature of any person, other than the qualified elector or an adult member of his
immediate family, as required in the preceding subsection. A qualified absentee military or
overseas elector, as defined by the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act
(Public Law 99-410,
100 Stat. 924),
may submit his application for an official absentee ballot
by facsimile method if the original application is received prior to the election by the county
election office. The absentee ballot of the qualified military or overseas elector shall not be
counted unless the elector's original application is received prior to the election by the county
election office. The facsimile method shall not be acceptable for the official absentee ballot.
(d) The application of any qualified elector, as defined in preceding section 1301,
subsections (b) to (h), inclusive, for an official absentee ballot in any primary or election shall
be signed by the applicant.
(e) Any qualified bedridden or hospitalized veteran absent from the municipality of his
residence and unable to attend his polling place because of such illness or physical disability,
regardless of whether he is registered or enrolled, may apply at any time before any primary or
election for an official absentee ballot on any official county board of election form addressed
to the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or the county board of elections of the
county in which his voting residence is located.
The application shall contain the following information: Residence at the time of becoming
bedridden or hospitalized, length of time a citizen, length of residence in Pennsylvania, date of
birth, length of time a resident in voting district, voting district if known, party choice in case
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