§ 26-6-116. Absentee ballots.

A.  As soon as practicable, the State Election Board or each county election board, when ballots are printed by a county election board, shall cause to be printed a sufficient number of absentee ballots, prepared as nearly as practicable in the same manner as provided for other ballots for the Primary, Runoff Primary and General Elections, in time for the ballots to be issued during the time prescribed by law.

B.  The Secretary of the State Election Board may authorize the use of regular ballots as absentee ballots in any county for any election.  In the event that regular ballots are authorized for use as absentee ballots at any election, the first order of rotation of candidate names for all partisan offices in Primary Elections shall be determined as outlined in Section 6-107 of this title and the candidate names shall be rotated to the extent practicable on all ballots printed for the election.  The first order of rotation of candidate names for all partisan offices in the Runoff Primary Election shall be determined as outlined in Section 6-108 of this title and the candidate names shall be rotated to the extent practicable on all ballots printed for the election.  Regular ballots used as absentee ballots shall not be required to be designated on their face as absentee ballots.

Added by Laws 1974, c. 153, § 6-116, operative Jan. 1, 1975.  Amended by Laws 1991, c. 321, § 15, eff. March 1, 1992; Laws 2013, c. 200, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.