§ 15-120. Absentee voting at village elections. 1. A qualified voter\nof a village may vote as an absentee voter under this section if during\nall the hours of voting on the day of a general or special village\nelection he or she will be:\n (a) absent from the county of his or her residence; or\n (b) unable to appear at the polling place because of illness or\nphysical disability, or duties related to the primary care of one or\nmore individuals who are ill or physically disabled, or because he or\nshe will be or is a patient in a hospital; or\n (c) an incarcerated individual or patient of a veteran's\nadministration hospital; or\n (d) absent from his or her voting residence because he or she 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 he or she is qualified to vote in the election\ndistrict of his or her residence.\n 2. 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 village 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 3. An application for an absentee ballot must be signed by the\napplicant. Such application may require that the applicant submit a\ncertificate in lieu of any affidavit which shall state that the\ninformation contained in the application is true. Such certificate shall\nbe accepted for all purposes as the equivalent of an affidavit and shall\nhave the following language printed in bold face type above the\nsignature line:\n "I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE ACCEPTED FOR\n ALL PURPOSES AS THE EQUIVALENT OF AN AFFIDAVIT AND, IF\n IT CONTAINS A MATERIAL FALSE STATEMENT, SHALL SUBJECT ME\n TO THE SAME PENALTIES AS IF I HAD BEEN DULY SWORN."\n 4. The application for an absentee ballot when filed must contain in\neach instance the following information:\n (a) 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 his or her\nvillage and an address to which the ballot shall be mailed.\n (b) A statement that the applicant is a qualified and registered\nvoter.\n (c) 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 (i) absent from the county of his or her residence; provided, however,\nif the applicant expects to be absent from such county for a duration\ncovering more than one election and seeks an absentee ballot for each\nelection, he or she shall state the dates when he or she expects to\nbegin and end such absence; or\n (ii) unable to appear at a polling place because of illness or\nphysical disability or duties related to the primary care of one or more\nindividuals who are ill or physically disabled; or\n (iii) an incarcerated individual or patient of a veteran's\nadministration hospital; or\n (iv) detained in jail awaiting action by a grand jury or awaiting\ntrial or confined in jail or prison after a conviction for an offense\nother than a felony and stating the place where he or she is so detained\nor confined.\n (d) Such application shall permit the applicant to apply for an\nabsentee ballot for either a primary election or the general election in\nany year and for those persons who will be continuously absent from\ntheir county of residence during the period between the fall primary\nelection and the general election in any year to apply for ballots for\nboth such elections in such year. A voter who applies for an absentee\nballot shall be sent an absentee ballot for any special election or\nw
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