(a) A person qualified to vote for President
and Vice President under the provisions of the 1970 Voting Rights Act
Amendments (42 U.S.C.A.
§
1973aa et seq.) as described in the
opinion of the Attorney General which appears at 2 Pa.B. 1913, shall be allowed
to register absentee for the purposes of voting for the President and Vice
President if they submit the following affidavit:
I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am unable to register
in person by reason of absence from my election district, that on the day of
the next ensuing election I shall have been a citizen of the United States for
at least one month, that I will be 18 years of age, on the day after the
election, that I will have been a resident of the Commonwealth and my election
district for at least thirty (30) days, that I will be legally qualified to
vote, and that I have read (or have had read to me) the foregoing statements
made in connection with my registration and that they are true and
correct.
(b) Final
application for absentee registration may only be honored during the time the
registration books are open.
(c) As
with absentee balloting, absentee registration for purposes of Presidential and
Vice Presidential balloting under the 1970 Voting Rights Act Amendments (
42
U.S.C.A. § 19733aa et seq.) shall be extended without reference to the
reason for the absence. Absence from the election district refers to an absence
during such times as the registration books are open. Further, that an
individual who affirms that he is a qualified absentee elector shall be
permitted to register absentee for purposes of Presidential and Vice
Presidential elections. Challenges to registrations shall come under relevant
provisions of Commonwealth law governing challenges to registered voters. An
election official who refuses to register or forward an absentee ballot to a
voter who has properly completed the required affidavit subjects himself to the
penalties provided under Federal and Commonwealth laws.
