3-11-4-1 Eligibility to vote using absentee ballot; conditions | Statutes | Westlaw

Sec. 1. (a) A voter who is otherwise qualified to vote in person is entitled to vote by absentee ballot. Except as otherwise provided in this article, a voter voting by absentee ballot must vote in the office of the circuit court clerk (or board of elections and registration in a county subject to IC 3-6-5.2 or IC 3-6-5.6) or at a satellite office established under IC 3-11-10-26.3.

(b) A county election board, by unanimous vote of its entire membership, may authorize a person who is otherwise qualified to vote in person to vote by absentee ballot if the board determines that the person has been hospitalized or suffered an injury following the final date and hour for applying for an absentee ballot that would prevent the person from voting in person at the polls.

(c) A county election board or board of elections and registration, by unanimous vote of its entire membership, may authorize an individual who is otherwise qualified to vote in person and wishes to vote by absentee ballot to file an application for an absentee ballot if the board determines that:

(d) The absentee ballots used in subsection (b) or (c) must be the same official absentee ballots as described in section 15 of this chapter. Taking into consideration the amount of time remaining before the election, the commission, the county election board, or the board of elections and registration shall determine whether the absentee ballots are transmitted to and from the voter by any of the following:

An absentee ballot that is personally delivered shall comply with the requirements in sections 19, 20, and 21 of this chapter.