950 CMR 49.15 - Absentee Voting
(1)
Procedure for Sending Absentee Ballots. A duly
registered, confidential voter, who qualifies to vote by absentee ballot, may
do so. The confidential voter's application for an absentee ballot must be
retained in the registrar's confidential voter file and is not a public record.
The registrar should complete the outer envelope with the voter's confidential
voter registration number. If the application is received prior to the
twenty-eighth day before the primary or election, the registrar should enclose
the certificate of confidential registration with the absentee ballot, along
with a letter directing the voter to enclose the certificate with the ballot.
If the application is received after the 28th day, the registrar should have
already forwarded the certificate of confidential registration to the voter,
however, the registrar should include a letter directing the voter to enclose
the certificate with the ballot.
(2)
Procedure for Entering the
Voter's Confidential Registration Number on List Absentee Voters.
The name and address of confidential voter shall not be entered on the list of
those requesting absentee ballots. Instead, the voter's confidential voter
registration number should be placed on the list of those requesting absentee
ballots and the letters AV should be placed next to their confidential voter
registration number at the end of the appropriate voting list.
Notes
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