(i) includes clear instructions for completing and returning the application; and (ii) can be:

1. (A) completed by the voter electronically;
2. (B) signed with a wet signature or hand-drawn electronic signature; and (C) submitted electronically, by mail or by delivering it to the office of the appropriate city or town clerk. The most recent version of the Federal Post Card Application shall be one such application that shall be accepted by the state secretary pursuant to this section.

3. (c) An application pursuant to subsection (b) shall permit a voter to request to receive an absentee ballot:

   1. (i) by mail, in accordance with section 91B;
   2. (ii) by fax;

   3. (iii) by email; or (iv) electronically through an electronic system that is approved by the state secretary and allows a voter to receive, mark, verify and cast a ballot electronically; provided, however, that any electronic system approved by the state secretary under this section shall:

      1. (A) provide an electronic voter affidavit that may be used for certification of an electronic ballot and signed with a wet signature or hand-drawn electronic signature; and (B) not store personal identifying information beyond the time necessary to confirm the identity of the voter.
   4. (d) Upon receipt of a properly executed application for an absentee ballot from a voter, the city or town clerk shall retain the application and, without delay, enter the application in the voter registration information system. The city or town clerk shall expeditiously transmit a ballot or access to an electronic ballot to all voters for whom an application was received in accordance with subsection (c).
   5. (e) The state secretary shall provide clear instructions to voters for returning the marked absentee ballot to the appropriate city or town clerk to be counted; provided, however, that the voter may return the ballot to the city or town clerk:
   6. (i) by mail;
   7. (ii) by fax;
   8. (iii) by email;