After such voter has marked the official federal services absentee ballot, he or she shall place it in the official ballot envelope and secretly seal the same. Such voter shall then fill out in full the form printed upon the official ballot envelope and sign the same. Such ballot envelope shall then be placed in the envelope provided for such purpose and mailed by the voter to the county election officer of the county of the voter’s residence.

All such ballots which reach the county election officer not later than the hour for closing of the polls on the date of any such election shall be delivered by the county election officer to the special election boards provided for in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 25-1133 at the time prescribed by Kan. Stat. Ann. § 25-1134 for delivery of absentee ballots. Such special election board shall canvass the ballots delivered to it under the provisions of this act in the same manner and subject to the same provisions of law as are applicable to an original canvass of ballots by an election board as is provided by law for absentee ballots, except that the names of such voters shall be entered upon one or more federal services absentee poll books.