§ 84-b. Early mail ballots for special town elections; special\nprovisions. 1. Early mail ballots shall be provided for all special town\nelections for which personal registration is required.\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 election,\na qualified voter of the town in which they reside; and (3) that they\nare registered in the town. Such application must be received by the\ntown clerk at least seven days before the election if the ballot is to\nbe mailed to the voter, or the day before the election, if the ballot is\nto be delivered personally to the voter or their agent.\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\nballots, 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 board of inspectors shall be satisfied that the applicant is\na qualified voter of the town, and entitled to vote by early mail\nballot, such board of inspectors shall place their name upon a list,\nthereupon the applicant shall be issued or mailed an early mail ballot\nand the town clerk shall make an appropriate entry on the list\nindicating that an early mail ballot has been applied for by, and issued\nto, the applicant.\n 4. Ballots for early mail voters shall be, as nearly as practicable,\nin the same form as those to be voted at the town election. On the back\nof such early mail ballots shall be printed the words "Official Ballot,\nEarly Mail Voter".\n 5. a. The board of registration shall enclose each early mail voter's\nballot in an envelope which shall be labelled:\n ELECTION MATERIAL\n PLEASE EXPEDITE\nOn one side of such envelope shall be printed:\n OFFICIAL BALLOT, EARLY MAIL VOTER\n for\n Special Town Election\nName of Voter ................\nResidence (street and number, if any) .......\nTown of ....................\nCounty of ...................\n The date of the election and name of the town shall be printed, and\nthe name of the voter, residence and district shall be written in by the\ntown clerk.\n b. On the reverse side of such envelope shall be printed the following\nstatement:\n STATEMENT OF EARLY MAIL VOTER\n I do declare that I will have been a citizen of the United States for\nthirty days, and will be at least eighteen years of age, on the date of\nthe special town election; that I will have been a resident of this\nstate and of the town shown on the reverse side of this envelope for\nthirty days next preceding the said election; that I am or on such date\nwill be, a registered voter of said town; that I have not qualified, or\ndo I intend to vote, elsewhere than as set forth on the reverse side of\nthis envelope; that I have not received or offered, do not expect to\nreceive, have not paid, offered or promised to pay, contributed, offered\nor promised to contribute to another to be paid or used, any money or\nother valuable thing, as a compensation or reward for the giving or\nwithholding of a vote at this special town election, and have not made\nany promise to influence the giving or withholding of any such votes;\nthat I have not made or become directly or indirectly interested in any\nbet or wager depending upon the result of this special town election;\nand that I have no
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