§ 213-b. Absentee ballots for improvement district elections; special\nprovisions. 1. The board of commissioners of any improvement district in\nwhich commissioners are elected, may, by resolution, provide for\nabsentee ballots for the election of the commission, in accordance with\nthe provisions of this section. Such resolution shall take effect at\nthe first such election held more than sixty days after its adoption and\nshall continue in effect for all such elections until a subsequent\nresolution providing otherwise shall, in like manner, have taken effect.\n 2. a. An applicant for such an absentee ballot shall submit an\napplication setting forth (1) his name and residence address, including\nthe street and number, if any, or town and rural delivery route, if any;\n(2) that he is or will be, on the day of the election, a qualified voter\nof the district in which he resides in that he is or will be, on such\ndate, over eighteen years of age, a citizen of the United States and has\nor will have resided in the district for thirty days next preceding such\ndate; (3) that he is registered in the town; (4) that he will be unable\nto appear to vote in person on the day of the election for which the\nabsentee ballot is requested because he is, or will be on such day (a) a\npatient in a hospital, or unable to appear personally at the polling\nplace on such day because of illness or physical disability or (b)\nbecause his duties, occupation or business will require him to be\noutside of the county or city of his residence on such day, (c) because\nhe will be on vacation outside the county or city of his residence on\nsuch day; or, (d) absent from his voting residence because he is\ndetained in jail awaiting action by a grand jury or awaiting trial or is\nconfined in prison after conviction for an offense other than a felony.\nSuch application must be received by the district secretary at least\nseven days before the election if the ballot is to be mailed to the\nvoter, or the day before the election, if the ballot is to be delivered\npersonally to the voter or his agent.\n b. (1) Where such duties, occupation or business are of such a\nnature as ordinarily to require such absence, a brief description of\nsuch duties, occupation or business shall be set forth in such\naffidavit. (2) Where such duties, occupation or business are not of\nsuch a nature as ordinarily to require such absence, such application\nshall contain a statement of the special circumstances on account of\nwhich such absence is required.\n c. Where the applicant expects in good faith to be absent on the day\nof the election because he will be on vacation elsewhere on such day,\nsuch application shall also contain the dates upon which he expects to\nbegin and end such vacation, the place or places where he expects to be\non such vacation, the name and address of his employer, if any, and if\nself-employed, a statement to that effect.\n d. Where the absence is because of detention or confinement to jail,\nsuch affidavit shall state whether the voter is detained awaiting action\nof the grand jury or is confined after conviction for an offense other\nthan a felony.\n e. Where a person is or would be, if he were a qualified voter,\nentitled to apply for the right to vote by absentee ballot under the\nprovisions of this section, his spouse, parent or child, if a qualified\nvoter and a resident of the same district, shall be entitled to vote as\nan absentee voter upon personally making and signing an application in\naccordance with the preceding provisions of this subdivision and showing\nthat he expects to be absent from the district on the day of the\ndistrict election by reason of accompanying or being with the spouse,\nchild or parent who is or would be, if he were a qualified voter, so\nentitled to apply for the right to vote by absentee ballot, and, in the\nevent no application is made by such spouse, child or parent, such\nfurther information as the i
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