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Absentee Voting Qualifications

To vote absentee, you must be a registered voter and meet one of the following criteria:

• Students, their spouses and dependents residing with them
   

• Members of the Armed Forces, Merchant Marines, Red Cross, USO, government employees, their spouses and dependents residing with them
   

• Overseas citizens
   

• For reasons of employment will not be able to vote on election day
   

• Physically disabled persons
   

• Persons on vacation
   

• Persons age 65 or older
   

• Persons admitted to the hospital as emergency patients on day of election or at least four days prior to the election
   

• Electors with a death or funeral in the family within 3 days before the election
   

• Persons confined to a jail or pre-trial facility pending disposition of arrest or trial
   

• Persons attending sick or physically disabled persons
   

• Persons serving as jurors in a state or federal court on election day
   

• Certified poll watchers and poll managers