§ § 3508Transmission of unvoted ballots

(a) General rule.--Subject to subsection (b), for an
election for which the Commonwealth has not received a waiver

under section 102(g)(2) of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens
Absentee Voting Act (Public Law 99-410, 42 U.S.C. §
1973ff-1(g)(2)), the following apply:
       (1) Except as set forth in paragraph (2), not later
   than 45 days before the election, the county election board
   in each jurisdiction participating in the election shall
   transmit a ballot and balloting materials to all covered
   voters who by that date submit a valid military-overseas
   ballot application. Notwithstanding 1 Pa.C.S. § 1908
   (relating to computation of time), if the 45th day before
   the election is a Saturday, Sunday or holiday, the ballot
   and materials shall be transmitted not later than the
   business day preceding the 45th day.
       (2) If the calling of a special election would make it
   impossible to comply with paragraph (1), the county election
   board shall transmit the ballot and balloting materials
   within five days following receipt of the county election
   board's receipt of the information necessary to prepare the
   ballots and materials.
   (b) Covered voters in extremely remote or isolated areas.--
       (1) Except as set forth in paragraph (2), not later
   than 50 days before a primary election and not later than
   70 days before a general election or a municipal election,
   the county election board in each jurisdiction participating
   in the election shall transmit a ballot and balloting
   materials to all covered voters in extremely remote or
   isolated areas, as those terms are defined or used by the
   Department of Defense, who by that date submit a valid
   military-overseas ballot application. Notwithstanding 1
   Pa.C.S. § 1908, if the 50th day or the 70th day preceding
   the applicable election is a weekend or holiday, ballots and
   materials shall be transmitted not later than the business
   day preceding the 50th or 70th day, respectively.
       (2) If the calling of a special election would make it
   impossible to comply with paragraph (1), the county election
   board shall transmit the ballot and balloting materials
   within five days following receipt of the county election
   board's receipt of the information necessary to prepare the
   ballots and materials.
   (c) Method of transmission.--A covered voter may request
that a ballot and balloting materials be sent to the voter by
mail or by Internet delivery. The county election board shall
transmit the ballot and balloting materials to the voter using
the means of transmission chosen by the voter.
   (d) Receipt of additional applications.--If a ballot
application from a covered voter arrives after the county
election board begins transmitting ballots and balloting
materials to voters, the county election board shall transmit
a ballot and ballot materials to the voter not later than 48
hours after the application is received.