eligibility. (a) The municipality shall provide to each elector to whom it sends an absentee ballot an envelope which shall be: (1) A color other than white; (2) Large enough to hold a completed ballot; and (3) Designed to protect its contents from tampering, removal or substitution without detection. (b) Upon each envelope provided pursuant to this section shall appear: (1) The words "BALLOT ENVELOPE"; (2) An alpha-numeric symbol and/or barcode for use in accounting for the absentee ballot; (3) Identification information for the elector receiving the absentee ballot, including: the name of the municipality where the elector is qualified to vote; the elector's name; the elector's mailing address; the address within the municipality that establishes the elector's eligibility to vote if different from the elector's mailing address; and such other information as the municipality may require; and (4) The following oath: "I do solemnly swear (affirm) that to the best of my knowledge I am eligible to vote in this municipal election and that the address that appears on the label on this envelope is the address at which I am qualified to vote in this municipal election. I also do solemnly swear (affirm) under penalty of perjury that I have not received or accepted, or offered to receive or accept, any money or other item of value as compensation, inducement or reward for the giving or withholding of a vote at this municipal election, nor that I am acting under duress or threat of duress or harm." (5) The voter's signature.
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