§ 2018-a. Absentee ballots for school district elections. 1. The board\nof education of any union free, central or central high school district\nwhich elects school board members by ballot and provides for personal\nregistration of voters, shall provide for absentee ballots for the\nelection of members of the board of education and school district public\nlibrary trustees, the adoption of the annual budget and school district\npublic library budget and referenda, in accordance with the provisions\nof this section.\n 1-a. In counties with a population of one million or more, the board\nof education of any union free, central or central high school district\nwhich elects school board members by ballot and provides for personal\nregistration of voters shall provide for absentee ballots for the\nelection of members of the board of education and school district public\nlibrary trustees, the adoption of the annual budget and school district\npublic library budget and referenda, in accordance with the provisions\nof this section.\n 2. a. A qualified voter may vote as an absentee voter under this\nsection if on the occurrence of an election such voter expects to be:\n (1) absent from their county of residence; or\n (2) unable to appear personally at the polling place because of\nillness or physical disability, or duties related to the primary care of\none or more individuals who are ill or physically disabled, or because\nsuch voter will be or is a patient in a hospital; or\n (3) a resident or patient of a veteran's administration hospital; or\n (4) absent from such voter's voting residence because such voter is\ndetained in jail awaiting action by a grand jury or awaiting trial, or\nconfined in jail or prison after a conviction for an offense other than\na felony, provided that such voter is qualified to vote in the election\ndistrict of such voter's residence.\n b. Each person entitled to vote as an absentee voter pursuant to this\nsection and desirous of obtaining an absentee ballot shall make written\napplication therefor to the district clerk. Application forms for use\npursuant to this section shall be in a form prescribed by the state\nboard of elections. The use of any application which is on a form\nprescribed by the state board of elections shall be acceptable.\n c. The application for an absentee ballot when filed must contain in\neach instance the following information:\n (1) Applicant's full name, date of birth, and residence address,\nincluding the street and number, if any, rural delivery route, if any,\nmailing address if different from the residence address and an address\nto which the ballot shall be mailed.\n (2) A statement that the applicant is a qualified and registered\nvoter.\n (3) A statement, as appropriate, that on the day of such election the\napplicant expects in good faith to be in one of the following\ncategories:\n (a) absent from their county of residence; provided, however, if the\napplicant expects to be absent from such county for a duration covering\nmore than one election and seeks an absentee ballot for each election,\nsuch applicant shall state the dates when they expect to begin and end\nsuch absence; or\n (b) unable to appear at a polling place because of illness or physical\ndisability or duties related to the primary care of one or more\nindividuals who are ill or physically disabled; or\n (c) a resident or patient of a veteran's administration hospital; or\n (d) detained in jail awaiting action by a grand jury or awaiting trial\nor confined in jail or prison after a conviction for an offense other\nthan a felony and stating the place where such applicant is so detained\nor confined.\n d. Such application shall include the following statement to be signed\nby the voter.\n I hereby declare that the foregoing is a true statement to the best of\nmy knowledge and belief, and I understand that if I make any material\nfalse statement in the foregoing statement of application for a
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