§ 9-505
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§9–505.
(a)A vote–by–mail ballot is considered timely and may be counted if the ballot:
(1)is returned in person to the office of a local board by the voter or the voter’s duly authorized agent no later than 8 p.m. on the day of a special election; or
(i)is received by mail by a local board no later than 10 a.m. on the second Friday after a special election; and
(ii)was mailed on or before election day, as verified:
1. by a postmark; or
2. if the return envelope does not contain a postmark or the postmark is illegible, by the voter’s affidavit that the ballot was mailed on or before election day.
(b)A vote–by–mail ballot that does not meet the requirements of subsection
(a)of this section is not timely and may not be counted.