(a) The board of supervisors of elections shall cause to be printed an adequate number of absentee ballots, the three (3) kinds of envelopes hereinafter described and instructions. The words "absentee ballot" shall be printed in large letters in a clear space at the top of each of said ballots. The designation of the polling place shall be left blank on the back and outside of said ballots and shall be filled in by the board of supervisors of elections before being sent to any registered absentee resident. One envelope shall be known as the "return envelope" and shall be sufficiently larger than the other envelope, which shall be known as the "ballot envelope" and which is hereinafter described, to conveniently enclose and contain the ballot envelope. There shall be printed or written across the left-hand face of the "return envelope" the words "Return Envelope for the Election of _______", the blank space being filled in with the date of the election, after which there shall be added the words "Board of Supervisors of Elections for the City of Frederick", and the addresses of the board of supervisors of elections, and below this last phrase shall be printed in bold type the phrase "Official Absentee Ballot, City of Frederick, State of Maryland". The third envelope shall be a covering envelope in which all the balloting material shall be sent to the absentee resident, and there shall be printed on the covering envelopes the return address of the board of supervisors of elections which they are sent, and in bold face type the phrase "Official Absentee Ballot, City of Frederick, State of Maryland".
(b) The ballot envelope shall be of sufficient size to contain the absentee ballot. Printed on the face of the ballot envelope shall be the following oath:

"Oath of Absentee Resident"

I,__________, do hereby affirm under penalty of perjury that I am a voter legally qualified to vote in the (regular or special) election to be held on _________ (date), that I am legally registered in the City of Frederick, Maryland, as stated in my application for said ballot; that I will be unable to vote in person at said election for the following reason:
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That I have not qualified nor do I intend to vote elsewhere than as set forth herein; that the within ballot was by me marked secretly, folded and enclosed and sealed in this ballot envelope; that I am not now disfranchised from voting under the laws of Maryland.

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(Absentee voter must sign
his or her name)