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53.1 - RIGHT TO VOTE -- CONDITIONS.



        53.1  RIGHT TO VOTE -- CONDITIONS.
         1.  Any registered voter may, subject to the provisions of this
      chapter, vote at any election:
         a.  When the voter expects to be absent on election day during
      the time the polls are open from the precinct in which the voter is a
      registered voter.
         b.  When, through illness or physical disability, the voter
      expects to be prevented from going to the polls and voting on
      election day.
         c.  When the voter expects to be unable to go to the polls and
      vote on election day.
         2.  A person who has been designated to have power of attorney by
      a registered voter does not have authority to request or to cast an
      absentee ballot on behalf of the registered voter.
         Section History: Early Form
         [SS15, § 1137-b; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 927; C46, 50, 54, 58,
      62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 53.1]
         Section History: Recent Form
         90 Acts, ch 1238, §28; 93 Acts, ch 143, § 31; 94 Acts, ch 1169,
      §65; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §201
         Referred to in § 53.2, 53.49