13-13-211. Application of absentee, chronically ill, handicapped, elderly, or physically incapacitated elector for ballot -- special absentee ballot application. (1) Except as provided in 13-2-214, during a period beginning 75 days before the day of election and ending at noon on the day before the election, an individual may apply to the election administrator for an absentee ballot if he is:
     (a) an elector expecting to be absent from the county in which his voting precinct is situated;
     (b) an elector who is chronically ill or in general ill health;
     (c) a handicapped or elderly elector who has been assigned to an inaccessible polling place; or
     (d) an elector who will be unable to go to the polls because of physical incapacity.
     (2) A qualified elector who 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 may request to vote by absentee ballot. The election administrator shall honor any such request received up to and including noon on election day. The election administrator is not required to comply with a request by an elector who is absent from the county.

     History: En. Sec. 121, Ch. 368, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 145, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 23-3703; amd. Sec. 118, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 239, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 396, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 14, Ch. 200, L. 1987.