A voter is eligible to vote absentee in an election for any of the following reasons:
The voter will be absent from his or her regular polling place on Election Day.
The voter is incapacitated or confined due to illness or physical disability. Additionally, an individual who is caring for an incapacitated person may vote absentee.
The voter is unable to visit the polls for religious reasons.
The voter is employed by an election authority.
The voter incarcerated but has retained voting qualifications.
Now more than ever the people are responsible for the character of their Congress. If that body be ignorant, reckless, and corrupt, it is because the people tolerate ignorance, recklessness, and corruption. If it be intelligent, brave, and pure, it is because the people demand these high qualities to represent them in the national legislature.
James Garfield, 1831-1881 (Twentieth President of the United States)