§ 22-6-107 — Time for possession of ballots and labels

(a) Official ballots for primary and general elections
shall be in the county clerk's possession forty-five (45) days
before the election. If a clerk is unable to obtain ballots on
time, the secretary of state shall provide by rule and
regulation for the clerk to obtain and use substitute ballots.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, county
clerks shall make official absentee ballots for primary and
general elections available to voters with rights under the
Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, 42 U.S.C.
1973ff, and future acts amendatory or supplemental thereto,
forty-five (45) days before the election.