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1 Absentee Ballot Requirements by State 1 (2016)

handle is hein.scsl/abalorqst0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Absentee Ballot Requirements by State State Who may vote by absentee Applicable deadlines Assistance in the absentee ballot process ballot Alabama Any qualified elector if s/he meets one Qualified elector must make application in Any applicant may receive assistance in filling out the of the following requirements: writing not less than five days prior to the application as s/he desires, but the applicant must sign the 1) person is out of county or the state, election. application; if s/he signs by mark, a witness must also sign. or the municipality for municipal ALA. CODE § 17-11-3. ALA. CODE 17-11-4. elections, on election day; 2) person has any physical illness or No absentee ballot shall be opened or infirmity which prevents his/her counted if received by the absentee election attendance at the polls, regardless of manager by mail, unless postmarked as of location on election day; the date prior to the day of the election and 3) person's work shift has at least ten received by mail no later than noon on the hours that coincide with the hours the day of election. The noon deadline is also polls are open at his/her regular polling applicable to those ballots delivered by hand place; by a medical emergency designee. ALA. 4) students at educational institutions CODE 17-11-18. located outside the county of personal residence; or 5) those qualified to vote absentee pursuant to the federal Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act. ALA. CODE § 17-11-3. Applicants for an absentee ballot who do not appear on the state voter registration list shall not be entitled to an absentee ballot. ALA. CODE § 17- 11-9. Alaska At any election a qualified voter may SPECIAL NEEDS ASSISTANCE SPECIAL NEEDS ASSISTANCE vote an absentee ballot for any reason. In connection with special needs voting A qualified voter may, through a representative, request a ALASKA STAT. § 15.20.010 described herein, the representative of a special needs ballot. qualified voter who requests a special needs ALASKA STAT. § 15.20.072(b) A qualified voter with a disability who, ballot shall deliver the ballot and voter because of that disability, is unable to certificate to an election official not later The representative must sign a register provided by an go to a polling place to vote may vote a than 8:00 p.m. Alaska time on election day. election official that includes the representative's name, special needs ballot. ALASKA STAT. § 15.20.072(e) address, identification numbers, voter's name, an oath and ALASKA STAT. § 15.20.072(a) signature. A qualified voter may, through a ALASKA STAT. § 15.20.072(c) DOC ID - 24212890.6

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