TrustVoting Atlas

Any elector desiring an absentee ballot as provided in this subarticle may secure same if:
(a) Not more than forty-five (45) days nor later than 12:00 noon on the Saturday immediately
preceding elections held on Tuesday, the Thursday immediately preceding elections held on
Saturday, or the second day immediately preceding the date of elections held on other days, he
shall appear in person before the registrar of the county in which he resides, or for municipal
elections he shall appear in person before the city clerk of the municipality in which he resides
and, when the elector so appears, he shall execute and file an application as provided in Section
23-15-627 and vote by absentee ballot, except that if the ballot has not been printed by forty-five
(45) days preceding the election, the elector may appear and file an application anytime before
the election. Then the absentee ballot shall be mailed by the circuit clerk to the elector as soon as
the ballot has been printed.
(b) Within forty-five (45) days next prior to any election, any elector who cannot comply with
paragraph (a) of this section by reason of temporarily residing outside the county, or any person
who has a temporary or permanent physical disability, persons who are sixty-five (65) years of
age or older, or any person who is the parent, spouse or dependent of a temporarily or
permanently physically disabled person who is hospitalized outside of his county of residence or
more than fifty (50) miles away from his residence and such parent, spouse or dependent will be
with such person on election day, may make application for an absentee ballot by mailing the
appropriate application to the registrar. Only persons temporarily residing out of the county of
their residence, persons having a temporary or permanent physical disability, persons who are
sixty-five (65) years of age or older, or any person who is the parent, spouse or dependent of a
temporarily or permanently physically disabled person who is hospitalized outside of his county
of residence or more than fifty (50) miles away from his residence, and such parent, spouse or
dependent will be with such person on election day, may obtain absentee ballots by mail under
the provisions of this subsection and as provided by Section 23-15-713. Applications of persons
temporarily residing outside the county shall be sworn to and subscribed before an official who
is authorized to administer oaths or other official authorized to witness absentee balloting as
provided in this chapter, said application to be accompanied by such verifying affidavits as
required by this chapter. The applications of persons having a temporary or permanent physical
disability shall not be required to be accompanied by an affidavit but shall be witnessed and
signed by a person eighteen (18) years of age or older. The registrar shall send to such absent
voter a proper absentee voter ballot within twenty-four (24) hours, or as soon thereafter as the
ballots are available, containing the names of all candidates who qualify or the proposition to be
voted on in such election, and with such ballot there shall be sent an official envelope containing
upon it in printed form the recitals and data hereinafter required.