§ 2018-e. Early mail ballots for school district elections. 1. The\nboard of education of any union free, central or central high school\ndistrict which elects school board members by ballot and provides for\npersonal registration of voters, shall provide for early mail ballots\nfor the election of members of the board of education and school\ndistrict public library trustees, the adoption of the annual budget and\nschool district public library budget and referenda, in accordance with\nthe provisions of this section.\n 1-a. In counties with a population of one million or more, the board\nof education of any union free, central or central high school district\nwhich elects school board members by ballot and provides for personal\nregistration of voters shall provide for early mail ballots for the\nelection of members of the board of education and school district public\nlibrary trustees, the adoption of the annual budget and school district\npublic library budget and referenda, in accordance with the provisions\nof this section.\n 2. a. A qualified voter may vote as an early mail voter under this\nsection.\n b. Each person entitled to vote as an early mail voter pursuant to\nthis section and desirous of obtaining an early mail ballot shall make\nwritten application therefor to the district clerk. Application forms\nfor use pursuant to this section shall be in a form prescribed by the\nstate board of elections. The use of any application which is on a form\nprescribed by the state board of elections shall be acceptable.\n c. The application for an early mail ballot when filed must contain in\neach instance the following information:\n (1) Applicant's full name, date of birth, and residence address,\nincluding the street and number, if any, rural delivery route, if any,\nmailing address if different from the residence address and an address\nto which the ballot shall be mailed.\n (2) A statement that the applicant is a qualified and registered\nvoter.\n d. Such application shall include the following statement to be signed\nby the voter:\n I hereby declare that the foregoing is a true statement to the best of\nmy knowledge and belief, and I understand that if I make any material\nfalse statement in the foregoing statement of application for early mail\nballot, I shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.\nDate.....................Signature of Voter............................\n e. An application must be received by the district clerk no earlier\nthan the thirtieth day before the election for which an early mail\nballot is sought. If the application requests that the early mail ballot\nbe mailed, such application must be received not later than seven days\nbefore the election. If the applicant or their agent delivers the\napplication to the district clerk in person, such application must be\nreceived not later than the day before the election. The district clerk\nshall examine each application and shall determine from the information\ncontained therein whether the applicant is qualified under this section\nto receive an early mail ballot.\n f. No later than six days before the election for which an application\nhas been received and for which the district clerk has determined the\napplicant to be qualified to vote by early mail ballot the district\nclerk shall mail, by regular mail, an early mail ballot to each\nqualified applicant who has applied before such day and who has\nrequested that such early mail ballot be mailed to him or her at the\naddress set forth in their application. If the applicant or their agent\ndelivers the application to the district clerk in person after the\nseventh day before the election and not later than the day before the\nelection, the district clerk shall forthwith deliver such early mail\nballots for those applicants whom he or she determines are qualified to\nmake such applications and to receive such ballots to such applicants or\nthe agents named in the applications when such applicants or age
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