What if I am hospitalized or called out of town before the election but after the absentee ballot deadline?

EMERGENCY ABSENTEE VOTING (CODE OF VIRGINIA 24.2-705)

There are two basic types of emergency absentee voting with different procedures for each. You can print a copy of the emergency absentee ballot application using the link here:

1. Emergency Absentee Voting Due to Hospitalization, Illness, or other Emergency

ELIGIBILITY

You may cast an emergency absentee ballot if one of the folling situations applies to you:

  • You were unable to apply for an absentee ballot by the deadline due to your hospitalization or illness, or the hospitalization, illness, or death of a spouse, child, or parent, or other emergency found to justify receipt of an emergency absentee ballot; or
  • You will be unable to vote on Election Day due to your hospitalization or illness, the hospitalization, illness or death of a spouse, child, or parent, or other emergency found to justify receipt of an emergency absentee ballot that occured after the deadline for applying for an absentee ballot.
VOTER REQUIREMENTS
  • You may request to vote emergency absentee at any time prior to 2:00 pm on the day preceding the election
  • If you are approved for an emergency ballot, your general registrar shall provide the absentee ballot to your designated representative for delivery to you
  • You shall mark the ballot in the presence of your designated representative
  • The ballot shall be counted only if the ballot is received by the general registrar prior to the close of polls

2. Emergency Absentee Voting Due to Unexpected Obligation

ELIGIBILITY
  • You may cast an emergency absentee ballot if you are either an officer of election who was assigned after 12:00pm on the Saturday before the election to work in a precinct other than your own; or
  • You had an obligation arise after 12:00 pm on the Saturday before the election due either to; 1) your business, profession, or occupation; 2) the hospitalization of you or a member of your immediate family; or 3) the death of a member of your immediate family.
VOTER REQUIREMENTS
  • You must apply and vote in person by 2:00pm on the day preceding the election.
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