LD 1796
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LR 1107
Item 1

 
A. The voter shall mark that ballot according to section
691 or 692 so that it is impossible for anyone present at
the time to see how the voter voted.

 
B. While the voter is marking the ballot, there may be no
communication between the voter and any other individual as
to the person or question for which the voter is to vote.

 
C. After the voter has completed marking the ballot, the
voter shall then seal the ballot in its return envelope and
complete the affidavit on the envelope. No notary or
witness certification is required.

 
D. The voter, or an immediate family member of the voter,
shall then complete the address on the envelope and mail it
or deliver it in person the sealed envelope containing the
voted ballot to the clerk of the municipality of which the
voter is a resident. The voter shall send a completed voter
registration or absentee ballot application, if necessary,
in a separate envelope.

 
E.__If an immediate family member of the voter returns an
absentee ballot that was requested by the voter or another
immediate family member of the voter, in writing or in
person, the clerk shall accept the ballot.__The clerk shall
have the immediate family member who returned the ballot
sign the application or written request, and indicate that
the ballot was returned by that person.

 
2. Ballot delivered by 3rd person or returned by 3rd person.
When a ballot is delivered to the voter by a person other than
the clerk, or an immediate family member of the voter, or is
returned to the clerk by a person other than the voter, the clerk
or an immediate family member of the voter, and the voter
receives no assistance in marking his the ballot, the following
procedures apply.

 
A. The voter must mark his the ballot in the presence of
the following witness or witnesses: One notary public,
clerk of a municipality, clerk of courts or 2 other
individuals. The voter, before marking his the ballot, must
show it to the witness or witnesses who must examine it to
be certain it is unmarked.

 
B. While the voter is marking the ballot, there may be no
communication between the voter and any other individual as
to the person or question for which the voter is to vote.

 
C. The voter must mark his the ballot according to section 691
or 692 so that it is impossible for anyone present at


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