Absentee Voting

Alternative Definitions

Definition 2

Voting other than in-person at a voter’s assigned voting place; includes vote by mail.

Source: Independent Panel on Internet Voting ReportType: external

Definition 3

Voting that is typically unsupervised at a location chosen by the voter either before or on election day.

Source: NIST Election GlossaryType: standard

Definition 4

The process of voting at other than at a polling place, usually by filling out a ballot and mailing or delivering it to an election authority. “Vo ting that can occur unsupervised at a location chosen by the voter.” 2007 VVSG. Some states, such as Oregon, conduct elections completely in this manner. Others, such as Wyoming, allow any voter to vote absentee for any reason. Yet others allow absentee voting only for specific reas ons enumerated by statute. Some of these reasons include:  being out of the county or the state on election day  having a physical illness or infirmity which prevents attendance at the polls  working on a shift which has at least 10 hours which coincide with the hours the polls are open at the voter’s regular polling place. Ala. Code §17-10-3(a)(3).  being enrolled as a student at an educati onal institution located outside the county of

Source: Electronic Voting GlossaryType: external