13-13-201. Voting by absentee ballot -- qualifications. A qualified registered elector is entitled to vote by absentee ballot, as provided in this part, if the elector:
     (1) expects to be absent from the county or precinct and unable to vote in person at the time of holding the election;
     (2) is physically incapacitated and unable to go to the polls on election day;
     (3) suffers from chronic illness or general ill health; or
     (4) is prevented from voting at the polls as a result of an illness or health emergency occurring between 5 p.m. on the Friday preceding the election and noon on election day. Such health emergency must arise from unforeseen circumstances that require the elector to seek health care or medical assistance.

     History: En. Sec. 119, Ch. 368, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 23-3701; amd. Sec. 116, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 239, L. 1985.