A voter is eligible to vote absentee in an election for any of the following reasons:
The voter will be absent from his or her regular polling place on Election Day.
The voter is incapacitated or confined due to illness or physical disability. Additionally, an individual who is caring for an incapacitated person may vote absentee.
The voter is unable to visit the polls for religious reasons.
The voter is employed by an election authority.
The voter incarcerated but has retained voting qualifications.
Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves—and the only way they could do this is by not voting.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1882-1945 (Thirty-Second President of the United States)