§ 7-122. Ballots; absentee voters. 1. (a) Ballots for absentee voters\nshall be, as nearly as practicable, in the same form as those to be\nvoted in the district on election day, except that such ballots need not\nhave a stub, and shall have the words "Absentee Ballot", endorsed\nthereon.\n (b) All provisions of this chapter not inconsistent with this\nsubdivision shall be applicable to absentee ballots prepared for\ncounting by a ballot scanner or by hand. The instructions for marking an\nabsentee ballot shall be provided and shall be substantially as follows,\nso that they accurately reflect the ballot layout:\n INSTRUCTIONS\n Mark the (insert "oval" or "square") to the left of the name of your\nchoice. (Provide illustration of correctly-marked voting position here.)\nTo vote for a candidate whose name is not printed on the ballot, (insert\n"mark the oval (or square) to the left of 'write-in' and print the name\nclearly" or "print the name clearly in the box labeled 'write-in'"),\nstaying within the box. Any mark or writing outside the spaces provided\nfor voting may void the entire ballot. You have a right to a replacement\nballot. If you make a mistake or want to change your vote, call the\nboard of elections at (insert phone number here) for instructions on how\nto obtain a new ballot. The number of choices is listed for each\ncontest. Do not mark the ballot for more candidates than allowed. If you\ndo, your vote in that contest will not count.\n (c) When a question or proposal is included on the ballot,\ninstructions substantially similar to those provided in subdivision\nfifteen of section 7-104 of this article shall be included.\n 2. The determination of the appropriate county board of elections as\nto the candidates duly designated or nominated for public office or\nparty position whose name shall appear on the absentee ballot and as to\nballot proposals to be voted on shall be made no later than the day\nafter the state board of elections issues its certification of those\ncandidates to be voted for at the general, special or primary election.\nThe determinations of the state board of elections and the respective\ncounty boards of elections shall be final and conclusive with respect to\nsuch offices for which petitions or certificates are required to be\nfiled with such boards, as the case may be but nothing herein contained\nshall prevent a board of elections, or a court of competent jurisdiction\nfrom determining at a later date that any such certification,\ndesignation or nomination is invalid and, in the event of such later\ndetermination, no vote cast for any such nominee by any voter shall be\ncounted at the election.\n 3. There shall be three envelopes for each absentee ballot issued by\nmail: the inner affirmation envelope into which a voter places his or\nher voted ballot, the outer envelope which shall be addressed to the\nabsentee voter, and the mailing envelope which is addressed to the\ncounty board of elections. The board of elections shall furnish with\neach absentee ballot an inner affirmation envelope. On one side of the\nenvelope shall be printed:\n OFFICIAL ABSENTEE BALLOT\n for\n GENERAL (OR PRIMARY OR SPECIAL) ELECTION,\n ........., 20.....\nName of voter.........................................\nResidence (street and number if any)..................\nCity/or town of.......(village, if any)...............\nCounty of.............................................\nAssembly district ....................................\nLegislative District (as applicable) .................\nWard (as applicable) .................................\nElection District.....................................\nParty Enrollment (in case of primary election)........\n 4. The date of the election, name of the county, and name of a city,\nif there be a separate ballot for city voters, shall be printed, and the\nname of the v
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