Qualifications to Vote by Absentee Ballot

A voter must meet any one of the following 15 qualifications to vote an absentee ballot:

Students, their spouses and dependents residing with them. (The term "students" defines all persons residing outside their county of residence who are enrolled in an institution of learning.)

Members of the Armed Forces and Merchant Marines, their spouses and dependents residing with them.

Persons serving with the American Red Cross or with the United Service Organizations (USO) who are attached to and serving with the U.S. Armed Forces, their spouses and dependents residing with them.

Voters who, because of their employment obligations, will be absent from their county of residence on election day during the hours the polls are open and will be unable to vote in person, or those persons who are required by their employment obligations to be at their place of employment in their county of residence during the entire hours that the polls are open (7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.) and will be unable to vote in person.

Voters who, because of injury or illness, cannot vote in person in their polling place on election day.

Government employees, their spouses and dependents residing with them, who are out of their county of residence on election day.

Voters with a death or funeral in the family within a three day period prior to the election.

Voters on vacation, who because of vacation plans will be absent from a county of residence on election day.

Poll managers, certified poll watchers, county voter registration board members and staff, and county election commission members and staff working on election day.

Overseas citizens.

Voters who are attending sick or physically disabled persons.

Voters admitted to hospitals as emergency patients on the day of election or within a four day period before the election.

Voters who will be serving as jurors in a state or federal court on election day.

Voters 65 years of age or older.

Voters confined to a jail or pre-trial facility pending disposition of arrest or trial.