Transmission, delivery, and return of post cards, ballots, etc.

§ 1083. Transmission, delivery, and return of post cards, ballots, etc. (a) Whenever practicable and compatible with military and merchant-marine operations, the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Treasury, and Commerce, the Postmaster General, and other appropriate authorities shall— (1) cooperate with appropriate State officers and agencies in sending State absentee ballots and envelopes for them to and from the persons covered by section 1074 of this title; (2) cooperate in the execution by those persons of oaths required in connection with those ballots; and (3) take all reasonable measures to facilitate the transmission, delivery, and return of post cards, ballots, envelopes, and instructions for voting, mailed to or by those persons. (b) Whenever practicable and compatible with military and merchant-marine operations, ballots executed outside of the United States shall be returned by air.