- (a) Registered voters.— A covered voter who is registered to vote in this Commonwealth may apply for a military-overseas ballot using either the absentee ballot application provided under the Election Code or the Federal postcard application.
- (b) Nonregistered voters.— A covered voter who is not registered to vote in this Commonwealth may use a Federal postcard application to simultaneously register to vote under section 3505 (relating to registering to vote) and to apply for a military-overseas ballot.
(c) Electronic transmission system.—
- (1) The secretary shall ensure that the electronic transmission system described in section 3503(c) (relating to duties and responsibilities of secretary) is capable of accepting the submission of both a Federal postcard application and any other approved electronic military-overseas ballot application sent to the appropriate county election board.
- (2) The covered voter may use the electronic transmission system or any other approved method to apply for a military-overseas ballot.
- (d) Use of Federal write-in absentee ballot.— A uniformed-service voter may use the Federal write-in absentee ballot to apply for a military-overseas ballot and to vote at the same time.
(e) Status of a covered voter.— To receive the benefits of this chapter, a covered voter must inform the appropriate county election board that the voter is a covered voter. Methods of informing the appropriate county election board that a voter is a covered voter include all of the following:
- (1) The use of a Federal postcard application or Federal write-in absentee ballot.
- (2) The use of an overseas address on an approved voter registration application or ballot application.
- (3) The inclusion on an approved voter registration application or ballot application of other information sufficient to identify the voter as a covered voter.
- (f) Construction.— Nothing in this chapter shall preclude a covered voter from voting absentee under applicable provisions of the Election Code.