Absentee Ballot Rules

• You will be absent from the county on Election Day.
• You are ill or have a physical disability that prevents a trip to the polling place.
• You are a registered Alabama voter who is temporarily living outside the county (such as a member of the armed forces, a voter employed outside of the United States, a college student, or a spouse or child of such a person).
• You are an appointed election officer or poll watcher at a polling place other than your regular polling place.
• You work a required shift - 10 hours or more - that coincides with polling hours.
• You are a caregiver for a family member who is confined to the home.
• You are incarcerated but otherwise eligible to vote.

Any registered Alaska voter may apply for an absentee ballot and vote by mail. 

Any registered Arizona voter may apply for an absentee ballot and vote by mail.

• You will be unavoidably absent from your polling site on Election Day.
• You will be unable to attend your polling site on Election Day due to illness or physical disability.
• You are a member of the U.S. armed forces, merchant marines or the spouse or a dependent family member.
• You are a U.S. citizen whose permanent residence is in Arkansas but who is temporarily living outside the United States.

Any registered California voter may apply for an absentee ballot and vote by mail.

Absentee ballots will automatically be sent to all registered voters. If you need your ballot sent somewhere other than your usual address, contact your local election official at least one month before the election so you have time to receive the ballot.

You may vote by absentee ballot in Connecticut if:

• You will be absent from town during all the hours of voting
• You have an illness which prevents you from voting in person
• You have a physical disability which prevents you from voting in person
• You are concerned about COVID-19 (Temporary: Only for the November 2020 Election)
• You are on active duty within the US military
• Your religious tenets forbid secular (non-religious) activity on Election Day
• You are required to perform of duties as a primary, referendum, or election official at a polling place other than your own during all the hours of voting on Election Day

• You are in the public service of the United States or the State of Delaware and are unable to come to the polls
• Your business or occupation prevents you from coming to the polls, including if your occupation is the care of a family member who is at home due to illness, disability, or injury
• You are a student who is away at college or university
• You are incarcerated but otherwise eligible to vote.
• You are on vacation
• The tenets or teachings of your religion prevent you from coming to the polls
• You are experiencing a temporary or permanent illness or physical disability

Any registered DC voter may apply for an absentee ballot and vote by mail.

Any registered Florida voter may apply for an absentee ballot and vote by mail.

Any registered Georgia voter may apply for an absentee ballot and vote absentee.

Absentee ballots will automatically be sent to all registered voters. If you need your ballot sent somewhere other than your usual address, contact your local election official at least one month before the election so you have time to receive the ballot.

Any registered Idaho voter may apply for an absentee ballot and vote by mail.

Any registered Illinois voter may apply for an absentee ballot and vote by mail.

• You have a specific, reasonable expectation that you will be absent from the county on Election Day during the entire 12 hours that the polls are open (6am until 6pm).
• You have a disability.
• You are at least 65 years of age.
• You will have official election duties outside of your voting precinct.
• You are scheduled to work at your regular place of employment during the entire 12 hours that the polls are open.
• You will be confined due to illness or injury or you will be caring for an individual confined due to illness or injury during the entire 12 hours that the polls are open.
• You are prevented from voting because of a religious discipline or religious holiday during the entire 12 hours that the polls are open.
• You are a participant in the state's address confidentiality program.
• You are a serious sex offender as defined in Indiana Code 35-42-4-14(a).
• You are a member of the military or a public safety officer.
• You are prevented from voting due to the unavailability of transportation to the polls.
• You are eligible under the relevant provisions of state law to vote at your place of previous registration.

Any registered Iowa voter may apply for an absentee ballot and vote by mail.

Any registered Kansas voter may apply for an absentee ballot and vote by mail.

You may vote by absentee ballot by mail in Kentucky if:

• you are advanced in age, disabled, or ill
• you are a military personnel or their dependent, or an overseas citizen
• you are a student who temporarily resides outside the county
• you are a voter who temporarily resides outside of Kentucky and who maintains eligibility to vote in Kentucky, such as a "snowbird"
• you are incarcerated, but not yet convicted of a crime
• you are employed outside of the county all hours the polling place is open
• you are a program participant in the Department of State's Address Confidentiality Program

You can vote by absentee ballot in person in Kentucky if:

• you will be out of the county on election day
• you are advanced in age, disabled, or ill
• you are a military personnel, their dependent, or an overseas citizen
• you are a military personnel confined to base and learn of your confinement within seven days or less of an election
• you are a student or resident who temporarily resides outside of the county
• you are a voter or the spouse of a voter who has surgery scheduled that will require hospitalization on Election Day
• you are a pregnant woman in third trimester
• you are a precinct election officer appointed to serve in precinct other than his own, an alternate precinct election officer, County Board of Elections’ members or staff, Deputy county clerk, or State Board of Elections’ staff

• you are a student or teacher located and living outside of your parish of registration, or the spouse/dependent thereof;
• you are 65 years of age or older;
• you are a minister, priest, rabbi, or other member of the clergy assigned outside of your parish of registration, or the spouse/dependent thereof;
• you are or expect to be temporarily outside the territorial limits of the state or absent from your parish of registration during the early voting period and on Election Day;
• you moved your residence to another parish more than 100 miles from the parish seat of your former residence after the voter registration books closed (the books close 30 days prior to Election Day);
• you are involuntarily confined in an institution for mental treatment outside your parish of registration and you are not interdicted and not judicially declared incompetent;
• you expect to be hospitalized on Election Day and did not have knowledge until after the time for early voting had expired; you were hospitalized during the time for early voting and you expect to be hospitalized on Election Day; or you were either hospitalized or restricted to bed by your physician during early voting and on Election Day;
• you work or expect to be offshore working and expect to be out of your precinct of registration both during the early voting period and on Election Day because of your employment or occupation;
• you are incarcerated in an institution inside or outside of your parish of registration and you are not serving time for a felony conviction;
• you are a program participant in the Department of State's Address Confidentiality Program;
• you will be sequestered on the day of Election Day; or
• you are the secretary of state, an employee of the secretary of state, or an employee of the registrar of voters.

Any registered Maine voter may apply for an absentee ballot and vote by mail.

Any registered Maryland voter may apply for an absentee ballot and vote by mail.

Any registered Massachusetts voter may apply for a early voting ballot and vote by mail.

Any registered Michigan voter may apply for an absentee ballot and vote by mail.

Any registered Minnesota voter may apply for an absentee ballot and vote by absentee ballot.

• you will be away from your county on Election Day for any reason;
• you are a student, teacher, or administrator at a school whose studies or employment there necessitates your absence from your county on Election Day; or you are the spouse or dependent thereof;
• you have a temporary or permanent physical disability that renders you unable to vote in person without substantial hardship;
• you are the parent, spouse, or dependent of a person with a temporary or permanent physical disability who is hospitalized outside of their county of residence or more than fifty (50) miles away, and you (the parent, spouse or dependent) will be with that person on Election Day;
• you are sixty-five (65) years of age or older;
• you will be unable to vote in person because you are required to be at work on Election Day during the times at which the polls will be open;
• you are a member, spouse, or dependent of the congressional delegation;
• you are a disabled war veteran (or spouse or dependant of such a person) in a hospital;
• you are a member (or spouse or dependant of such a person) of the Merchant Marine or American Red Cross.

You can vote by absentee ballot in Missouri if:

• you will be absent from your voting jurisdiction on Election Day
• you are incapacitated or confined due to illness or physical disability, or primarily responsible for caring for a person who is incapacitated or confined due to illness or disability
• you are restricted by religious belief or practice
• you are employed as or by an Election Day authority at a location other than your polling place
• you are incarcerated, but have retained all your voting qualifications
• you are a program participant in the Department of State's Address Confidentiality Program
• For an election that occurs during the year 2020, you have contracted or are in an at-risk category for contracting or transmitting severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (COVID-19).

At-risk voters are individuals who:

• Are 65 years of age or older
• Have serious heart conditions
• Are immunocompromised
• Have liver disease
• Live in a long term care facility licensed under Chapter 188, RSMo.
• Have chronic lung disease or moderate to severe asthma
• Have chronic kidney disease and are undergoing dialysis
• Have diabetes

You also have the option of requesting a mail-in ballot, please visit https://www.sos.mo.gov/elections/goVoteMissouri/howtovote for more details. 

Any registered Montana voter may apply for an absentee ballot and vote by mail.

Any registered Nebraska voter may apply for an absentee ballot and vote by mail.

Any registered Nevada voter may apply for an absentee ballot and vote by mail.

• you will be absent on the day of any state election from the county, city, or town in which you are registered to vote
• you are unable appear in public on Election Day because of your observance of a religious commitment
• you are unable to vote in person by reason of physical disability
• you are unable to vote in person by reason of military service
• you are unable to appear at any time during polling hours at your polling place because an employment obligation (including the care of children or infirm adults, with or without compensation) requires you to remain physically at work or to be in transit to or from work from the time the polls open until after the time the polls close

• Absent from your county or, if a resident of New York City, absent from New York City, on Election Day
• Unable to appear at the polls due to illness or physical disability or because you are the primary care giver of one or more individuals who are ill or physically disabled
• A resident or patient of a Veterans Health Administration Hospital
• Detained in jail awaiting Grand Jury action or confined in prison after conviction for an offense other than a felony.

Any registered North Carolina voter may apply for an absentee ballot and vote by mail.

Any North Dakota resident may apply for an absentee ballot and vote by mail.

Any registered Ohio voter may apply for an absentee ballot and vote absentee.

Any registered Oklahoma voter may apply for an absentee ballot and vote by mail.

Absentee ballots will automatically be sent to all registered voters. If you need your ballot sent somewhere other than your usual address, contact your local election official at least one month before the election so you have time to receive the ballot.

Any registered Pennsylvania voter may apply for an absentee ballot and vote by mail.

Any registered Rhode Island voter may apply for an absentee ballot and vote by mail.

• you are a student away at college (or a spouse or dependent residing with the student);
• you are serving with the American Red Cross or with the United Service Organization (USO) and are attached to and serving with the Armed Forces (or a spouse or dependent residing with such a person);
• you are a government employee (or a spouse or dependent residing with such a person);
• you are on vacation;
• you live overseas.

• you are physically disabled;
• your job prevents you from voting;
• you are a certified poll watcher, poll manager, or county election official and you will be working on Election Day;
• you are attending to sick or physically disabled persons;
• you have been admitted to the hospital as an emergency patient on day of election or at least four days prior to Election Day;
• there has been a death or funeral in your family within three days before Election Day;
• you are on jury duty in state or federal court on Election Day;
• you are 65 or older;
• you are confined to a jail or pre-trial facility pending disposition of arrest or trial;
• you are a member of the Armed Forces or Merchant Marines (or a spouse or dependent residing with such a person).

Any registered South Dakota voter may apply for an absentee ballot and vote by mail.

• you will be outside the county of registration during the early voting period and all day on Election Day;
• you or your spouse are enrolled as a full-time student in an accredited college or university but outside the county of registration;
• you will be unable to vote in person due to service as a juror for a federal or state court;
• you are sixty (60) years of age or older;
• you have a physical disability and an inaccessible polling place;
• you are hospitalized, ill, or physically disabled and because of such condition, cannot vote in person;
• you are the caretaker of a person who is hospitalized, ill, or disabled;
• you are a candidate for office in the election;
• you serve as an Election Day official or as a member or employee of Election Day commission;
• you will be observing a religious holiday which prevents you from voting in person during the early voting period and on Election Day;
• you or your spouse possess a valid commercial drivers license (CDL) or Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) and you certify that you will be working outside the state or county of registration during the early voting period and all day on Election Day-;
• you are a member of the military or an overseas citizen;
• a licensed physician has filed a statement with the county election commission stating that, in the physician's judgment, you are medically unable to vote in person. The statement must be filed not less than five (5) days before Election Day and signed under the penalty of perjury;
• you reside in a licensed facility providing relatively permanent domiciliary care, other than a penal institution, outside the voter's county of residence.

• you are 65 years or older;
• you are disabled;
• you will be out of the county on Election Day and during the period for early voting by personal appearance; or
• you are confined in jail, but otherwise eligible, or certified for participation in the address confidentiality program.

Absentee ballots will automatically be sent to all registered voters. If you need your ballot sent somewhere other than your usual address, contact your local election official at least one month before the election so you have time to receive the ballot.

Any registered Vermont voter may apply for an absentee ballot and vote by mail.

Any registered Virginia voter may apply for an absentee ballot and vote by mail.

Absentee ballots will automatically be sent to all registered voters. If you need your ballot sent somewhere other than your usual address, request an absentee ballot.

• you will be absent from the county during both the early voting period and Election Day because of  personal or business travel or attendance at a college, university or other place of education or training;
• employment that makes voting in person impossible because of the hours worked and distance from the county seat
• you are confined to a specific location and prevented from voting in person due to an illness, injury, other medical reason, physical disability, or advanced age;
• you are incarcerated or detained in jail or a home on Election Day, but not under conviction of any felony, of treason, or of bribery (including any period of probation or parole);
• you are a participant in the Address Confidentiality Program (ACP) with the Office of the Secretary of State;
• the county absentee voting office and your polling place are inaccessible to to you due to your physical disability.

• Any registered Wisconsin voter may apply for an absentee ballot and vote by mail.
• When voting by absentee ballot, you must submit a copy of a valid photo ID with your absentee ballot unless you are exempt from this requirement by statute (typically, certain military and overseas voters) or may have an alternative process to verify your identity. A list of valid IDs is available below.

Any registered Wyoming voter may apply for an absentee ballot and vote by mail.