§ 2018-f. Early mail ballots for school district elections by poll\nregistration. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections two thousand\nfourteen and two thousand eighteen-e of this part, the trustees or the\nboard of education of any common, union free, central or central high\nschool district which does not provide for the personal registration of\nvoters for school district meetings and elections but which elects\ntrustees or school board members by ballot, shall provide for early mail\nballots for the election of the trustees or members of the board and\nschool district public library trustees, the adoption of the annual\nbudget and school district public library budget and referenda.\n 1-a. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections two thousand fourteen\nand two thousand eighteen-e of this part, in any county with a\npopulation of one million or more, the trustees or the board of\neducation of any common, union free, central or central high school\ndistrict which does not provide for the personal registration of voters\nfor school district meetings and elections but which elects trustees or\nschool board members by ballot shall provide for early mail ballots for\nthe election of the trustees or members of the board and school district\npublic library trustees, the adoption of the annual budget and school\ndistrict public library budget and referenda.\n 2. a. An applicant for such an early mail ballot shall submit an\napplication setting forth (1) their name and residence address,\nincluding the street and number, if any, or town and rural delivery\nroute, if any; (2) that they are or will be, on the day of the school\ndistrict election, a qualified voter of the school district in which he\nresides in that he is or will be, on such date, over eighteen years of\nage, a citizen of the United States and has or will have resided in the\ndistrict for thirty days next preceding such date. Such application must\nbe received by the district clerk or designee of the trustees or school\nboard at least seven days before the election if the ballot is to be\nmailed to the voter, or the day before the election, if the ballot is to\nbe delivered personally to the voter.\n b. 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 3. If, upon examining the application required under the provisions of\nsubdivision two of this section, and upon such inquiry as it deems\nproper, the clerk of the school district or designee of the trustees or\nschool board shall be satisfied that the applicant is a qualified voter\nof the district, and entitled to vote by early mail ballot, such clerk\nof the school district or designee of the trustees or school board shall\ncause to be issued or mailed to the applicant an early mail voter's\nballot and the clerk of the school district or designee of the trustees\nor school board shall make an appropriate entry on the poll list\npursuant to section two thousand twenty-nine of this part.\n 4. The clerk of the school district or a designee of the trustees or\nschool board shall also mail an early mail ballot to every qualified\nvoter otherwise eligible for such ballot, who requests an early mail\nballot from such clerk or trustees or school board designee in a letter\nwhich is signed by the voter and received by the clerk or trustees or\nschool board designee not earlier than the thirtieth day nor later than\nthe seventh day before the election for which the ballot is first\nrequested and which states the address where the voter resides and to\nwhich the ballot is to be mailed. The clerk or designee of the trustees\nor school board shall en
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