§ 1305Delivering or Mailing Ballots

(a) The county board of elections upon receipt and approval
of an application filed by any elector qualified in accordance
with the provisions of section 1301, subsections (a) to (h),
inclusive, shall not later than fifty days prior to the day of
the primary or not later than seventy days prior to the day of
the election commence to deliver or mail to such elector who
has included with said application a statement that he or she
is unable to vote during the regular absentee balloting period
by reason of living or performing military service in an
extremely remote or isolated area of the world, and not later
than forty-five days prior to the day of the primary or election
commence to deliver or mail to all other such electors as
provided for in section 1301, subsections (a) to (h), inclusive,

official absentee ballots or special write-in absentee ballots
as prescribed by subsection (d) of section 1303 when official
absentee ballots are not yet printed; as additional applications
of such electors are received, the board shall deliver or mail
official absentee ballots or special write-in absentee ballots
when official absentee ballots are not yet printed to such
additional electors within forty-eight hours after approval of
their application. If the calling of a special election would
make it impossible to comply with the forty-five day delivery
or mailing requirement of this section, then the county board
of elections shall mail absentee ballots or special write-in
absentee ballots within five days of the county board's receipt
of the information necessary to prepare said ballots.
   (b) (1) The county board of elections upon receipt and
approval of an application filed by any elector qualified in
accordance with the provisions of section 1301, subsections (i)
to (l), inclusive, shall commence to deliver or mail official
absentee ballots as soon as a ballot is certified and the
ballots are available. While any proceeding is pending in a
Federal or State court which would affect the contents of any
ballot, the county board of elections may await a resolution
of that proceeding but in any event, shall commence to deliver
or mail official absentee ballots not later than the second
Tuesday prior to the primary or election. For those applicants
whose proof of identification was not provided with the
application or could not be verified by the board, the board
shall send the notice required under section 1302.2(d) with the
absentee ballot. As additional applications are received and
approved after the time that the county board of elections
begins delivering or mailing official absentee and mail-in
ballots, the board shall deliver or mail official absentee
ballots to such additional electors within forty-eight hours.
   (2) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this act and
notwithstanding the inclusion of a mailing address on an
absentee or mail-in ballot application, a voter who presents
the voter's own application for an absentee or mail-in ballot
within the office of the county board of elections during
regular business hours may request to receive the voter's
absentee or mail-in ballot while the voter is at the office.
This request may be made orally or in writing. Upon presentation
of the application and the making of the request and upon
approval under sections 1302.2 and 1302.2-D, the county board
of elections shall promptly present the voter with the voter's
absentee or mail-in ballot. If a voter presents the voter's
application within the county board of elections' office in
accordance with this section, a county board of elections may
not deny the voter's request to have the ballot presented to
the voter while the voter is at the office unless there is a
bona fide objection to the absentee or mail-in ballot
application.
   ((b) amended Oct. 31, 2019, P.L.552, No.77)
   (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, a
qualified absentee elector shall not be required to provide
proof of identification if the elector is entitled to vote by
absentee ballot under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens
Absentee Voting Act (Public Law 99-410, 100 Stat. 924) or by
an alternative ballot under the Voting Accessibility for the
Elderly and Handicapped Act (Public Law 98-435, 98 Stat. 1678).
   (1305 amended Mar. 14, 2012, P.L.195, No.18)

  Compiler's Note: See sections 10 and 11 of Act 18 of 2012
      in the appendix to this act for special provisions
      relating to application of law.