A. A federal qualified elector may use a federal write-in absentee ballot to vote for all offices and ballot questions in an election. B. In completing the federal write-in absentee ballot, the federal qualified elector may designate a candidate by writing in the name of the candidate. In a general election when voting for a specified office, a federal qualified elector may in the alternate complete the federal write-in absentee ballot by writing in the name of a political party, in which case the ballot shall be counted for the candidate of that political party. C. A qualified federal write-in absentee ballot shall be processed during the county canvass in the same manner as a provisional ballot. A federal write-in absentee ballot from a federal qualified elector shall not be qualified if the federal qualified elector voted on any other type of ballot. A federal write-in absentee ballot of an overseas voter shall not be qualified if the ballot is submitted from any location in the United States. History: Laws 2015, ch. 145, § 34; 2019, ch. 212, § 85; 2023, ch. 39, § 38. The 2023 amendment, effective June 16, 2023, provided that a qualified federal write-in absentee ballot shall be processed during the county canvass; and in Subsection C, after "shall be processed", deleted "by" and added "during", and after "during the", deleted "canvassing board" and added "county canvass". The 2019 amendment, effective April 3, 2019, in Subsection A, after "offices and ballot", deleted "measures" and added "questions". Applicability. — Laws 2015, ch. 145, § 102 provided that the Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act is applicable to any federal postcard application received as of the first day of the current election cycle.
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