§ 10-106. Military voters; registration and application for ballots.\n1. On or before the thirty-fifth day preceding an election the names\nand addresses of all military voters who have filed applications for\nmilitary ballots by such day and who were not already registered shall\nbe registered by the board of elections in the election district of\nresidence of such military voter as hereinafter provided.\n 2. Such board of elections shall cause such military voter to be\nregistered in the manner provided by this chapter, and in the space\ndesignated "other remarks" shall be entered the military address of such\nvoter or such military address shall be entered into the computer files\nfrom which the computer generated registration list is prepared. Such\nregistration poll records shall be stamped or marked conspicuously with\nthe legend "Military Voter" or the records of such military voters in\nsuch computer files shall be coded in a manner which distinguishes such\nvoters from the other voters in such files. The foregoing provisions of\nthis subdivision as to entry of the military address may be altered by\nthe state board of elections to such extent as may be necessary to the\nsecurity and safety of the United States. A military voter shall not be\nrequired to register personally. An application for a military ballot\nshall constitute permanent personal registration and a military voter\nshall be deemed registered under the rules and regulations prevailing\nunder permanent personal registration upon the filing of his application\nand the entering of his name in the appropriate registration records.\n 3. (a) In addition to any other method of registering to vote or of\napplying for a military ballot, a military voter may request a voter\nregistration application or military ballot application by facsimile\ntransmission to the board of elections or pursuant to the Uniformed and\nOverseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act or by electronic mail. When making\nsuch a request, the military voter may designate a preference for\ntransmission of such voter registration application and military ballot\napplication pursuant to section 10-107 of this article.\n (b) The military ballot application shall allow the military voter to\ndesignate a preference for transmission of the military ballot pursuant\nto section 10-107 of this article.\n (c) The procedures for receiving documents from and transmitting\ndocuments to a military voter shall, to the extent practicable, protect\nthe security and integrity of the military voter registration and\nmilitary ballot application request process and protect the privacy of\nthe military voter, including the voter's identity and other personal\ndata. Nothing in this paragraph shall limit the information that may be\nobtained pursuant to section 3-220 of this chapter.\n 4. Not earlier than the ninetieth or later than the seventy-fifth day\nbefore each general election, each county or city board of elections\nshall send, in accordance with the preferred method of transmission\ndesignated by the voter pursuant to section 10-107 of this article, to\neach person who is registered as a military voter and to every other\nmilitary voter in such county or city for whom it has a military\naddress, an application for a military ballot for such general election\nin a form prescribed by the state board of elections, which shall\ninclude a place for such military voter to enroll in a party, and shall\ninclude the return address of such board of elections.\n 5. The state board of elections shall forward to the appropriate board\nof elections all applications for military ballots received by it. An\napplication from a military voter not previously registered must be\nreceived by the appropriate board of elections not later than ten days\nbefore a general, primary, or special election in order to entitle the\napplicant to vote at such election. An application from a military voter\nwho is already registered must be
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