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.
Providence has given our people the choice of their rulers, and it is the duty, as well as privilege and interest of a Christian nation to select and prefer Christians for their rulers.
John Jay, 1745-1829 (First Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court)