§ 2018-b. Absentee ballots for school district elections by poll\nregistration. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections two\nthousand fourteen and two thousand eighteen-a of this article, the\ntrustees or the board of education of any common, union free, central or\ncentral high school district which does not provide for the personal\nregistration of voters for school district meetings and elections but\nwhich elects trustees or school board members by ballot, shall provide\nfor absentee ballots for the election of the trustees or members of the\nboard and school district public library trustees, the adoption of the\nannual budget and school district public library budget and referenda.\n 1-a. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections two thousand fourteen\nand two thousand eighteen-a of this article, in any county with a\npopulation of one million or more, the trustees or the board of\neducation of any common, union free, central or central high school\ndistrict which does not provide for the personal registration of voters\nfor school district meetings and elections but which elects trustees or\nschool board members by ballot shall provide for absentee ballots for\nthe election of the trustees or members of the board and school district\npublic library trustees, the adoption of the annual budget and school\ndistrict public library budget and referenda.\n 2. a. An applicant for such an absentee ballot shall submit an\napplication setting forth:\n (1) such applicant's full name, date of birth and residence address,\nincluding the street and number, if any, or town and rural delivery\nroute, if any, mailing address if different from the residence address\nand an address to which the ballot shall be mailed;\n (2) that such applicant is or will be, on the day of the school\ndistrict election, a qualified voter of the school district;\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) a resident or patient in a hospital, including a veteran's\nadministration hospital, or unable to appear personally at the polling\nplace on such day because of illness or physical disability, or duties\nrelated to the primary care of one or more individuals who are ill or\nphysically disabled; or\n (b) absent from the county of such applicant's residence; provided,\nhowever, if the applicant expects to be absent from such county for a\nduration covering more than one election and seeks an absentee ballot\nfor each election, such applicant shall state the dates when they expect\nto begin and end such absence; or\n (c) 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 b. Such application must be received by the district clerk or designee\nof the trustees or school board at least seven days before the election\nif the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before the\nelection, if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter.\n c. 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 absentee\nballots, I shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.\nDate................... Signature of Voter ...........................\n d. The clerk of the school district or a designee of the trustees or\nschool board shall request registration lists from the board of\nelections pursuant to subdivision three of section 5-612 of the election\nlaw for those voters whose registration record has been marked\n"permanently disabled". An applicant whose ability to appear personally\nat the polling place of the school district of which such
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