TrustVoting Atlas

A. A registered voter who becomes physically incapacitated
after the deadline to request an absentee ballot as provided in
Section 14-103 of this title and is unable to vote in person at the
appropriate precinct on the day of the election may make a written
request for an absentee ballot. Requirements for matching of name,
birth date, and identification number established pursuant to
Section 14-105 of this title shall apply to a request for absentee
ballots under this section.
B. 1. The request shall be signed by the voter or signed by a
witness at the voter’s direction if the voter is unable to sign his
or her name, and shall be transmitted to the secretary of the county
election board.
2. The person transmitting the request on behalf of the voter
may be anyone of the voter’s choosing who is at least sixteen (16)
years of age; provided, the person is not employed by nor related
within the third degree of consanguinity or affinity to any person
whose name appears on the ballot.
3. The person becomes the voter’s agent for purposes of voting
by absentee ballot. The voter’s request must be accompanied by a
sworn statement by a duly licensed physician. Expected or likely
confinement for childbirth on election day is sufficient cause to
entitle a voter to vote absentee pursuant to this section. The
physician’s statement must attest to the fact that the voter is in
fact unable to vote in person at the appropriate precinct on the day
of the election because of a physical incapacity and that the
physical incapacity originated after the deadline to request an
absentee ballot as provided in Section 14-103 of this title.
4. Upon receipt of the voter’s request and accompanying sworn
statement, the secretary of the county election board shall issue to
the voter’s agent the appropriate ballots and envelopes required for
voting by incapacitated voters.
5. The ballots must be returned by the agent to the secretary
of the county election board no later than 7:00 p.m. on the day of
the election. No person may be the agent for more than one voter at
any election. Upon return of the absentee ballots, the secretary of
the county election board shall cause the ballots to be processed in
the same manner as is prescribed for other absentee ballots.