If satisfied that the application is proper and that the applicant is qualified to vote under this act the county election officer shall deliver to the applicant a ballot for presidential and vice-presidential electors not sooner than 25 days nor later than the Monday preceding the next general presidential election.

L. 1963, ch. 232, § 5; L. 1972, ch. 137, § 5; L. 1985, ch. 118, § 5; July 1.