§ 16.1-07-34 — Emergency procedures to facilitate absentee voting

If an international, national, state, or local disaster or emergency or other situation arises
which makes substantial compliance with the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee
Voting Act [42 U.S.C. 1973ff et seq.] impossible or impracticable, as confirmed by the existence
of armed conflict involving the armed forces of the United States or the mobilization of those
forces, including national guard and reserve component members of this state, by the
occurrence of a natural disaster or the existence of a state of emergency, civil unrest, war, or
other exigency in a foreign country, or by an official declaration by the governor that a state of
disaster or emergency exists, the secretary of state may prescribe special procedures or
requirements as may be necessary to facilitate absentee voting by those absent uniformed
services voters or overseas voters directly affected and who are eligible to vote in this state.