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MINNESOTA ELECTION LAWS- 1991 Subd.4. Applicable laws.Except as otherwise provided by this section.all of the laws applicable to absentee ballots and absentee voters and all other provisions of the Minnesota election law shall apple to an absentee ballot board. Historv: 1981 c 29 art 3 s 13: 1981 c 185 s 3: 1986 c 444; 1987 c 266 art I s 19: 19S9 c 291 art I s 7; 1990 c 585 s 23: 1991 c 320 s 2 203B.14 COUNTY AL:DITOR OR'11UNICIPAL CLERK MAY EMPLOY ADDI- TIONAL HELP. Each county auditor and each municipal clerk may employ additional clerical assistance as necessary to discharge the responsibilities imposed on the county auditor or municipal clerk as provided in this chapter. History: 1981 c 29 art 3 s 14 203B.15 ADMLNISTRATIVE EXPENSES. Each county shall pay the expenses incurred by its county auditor and each municipality orschool district shall pay the expenses incurred by its clerk for administering the provisions of sections 203B.04 to 203B.15. History: 1981 c 29 art 3 s 15; 1987 c 266 art 1 s 20 203B.16 ABSENT VOTERS IN THE MILITARY OR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES. Subdivision 1. Military service;temporary residence outside United States.Sections 203B.16 to 203B.27 provide alternative voting procedures for eligible voters who are absent from the precinct where they maintain residence because they are: (a) Either in the military or the spouses or dependents of individuals serving in the -- military;or 1 (b)Temporarily outside the territorial limits of the United States. Subd.2. Permanent residence outside United States. Sections 203B.16 to 203B.27 provide the exclusive voting procedure for United States citizens who are living permanent- ly outside the territorial limits of the United States who meet all the qualifications of an eligible voter except residence in Minnesota,but who are authorized by federal law to vote in Minnesota because they maintained residence in Minnesota for at least 20 days imme- diately prior to their departure from the United States. Individuals described in this subdivision shall be permitted to vote only for the offices of president, vice-president, senator in Congress,and representative in Congress. History: 1981 c 29 art 3 s 16 NOTES AND DECISIONS 203B.16 Provisions pertaining generally to absentee voters are also available to members of the armed forces and their families.Bell v.Gannaw•ay.227 N.W.2d 797(Minn.1975). 203B.17 APPLICATION FOR BALLOT. Subdivision 1. Submission of application. An application for absentee ballots for a voter described in section 203B.16 may be submitted by that voter or by that voter's parent, . spouse,sister,brother,or child over the age of 18 years. An application for a voter described in section 203B.16,subdivision 1, shall be submitted to the county auditor of the county where the voter maintains residence. An application for a voter described in section 203B.16, subdivision 2, shall be submitted to the county auditor of the county where the voter last maintained residence in Minnesota. r� An application for absentee ballots for a primary shall also constitute an application for absentee ballots for the ensuing general election. There shall be no limitation of time for filing and receiving applications for ballots under sections 203B.16 to 203B.27. Subd. 2. Required information. An application shall be accepted if it contains the following information stated under oath: . f!1 203B-9 . l