Any person qualified under the provisions of the Town of Middletown
Charter to vote by absentee ballot in any Town of Middletown election
may vote by absentee ballot for any reason authorized by the Town's
Charter and for any of the following reasons:
A. Public
service: because such person is in the public service of the United
States or of this state, or is a citizen of the United States and
temporarily residing outside the territorial limits of the United
States and the District of Columbia, or such person's spouse
or dependents when residing with or accompanying him, or is absent
from this state because of illness or injury received while serving
in the Armed Forces of the United States;
B. Armed
Forces: because such person is in the Armed Forces of the United States
or the Merchant Marines of the United States, or attached to and serving
with the Armed Forces of the United States in the American Red Cross
or United Service Organizations;
C. Business:
because of the nature of such person's business or occupation,
including the business or occupation of providing care to a parent,
spouse or that person's child who is living at home and requires
constant care due to illness or injury;
D. Sick;
disabled: because such person is sick or physically disabled;
E. Vacation:
because such person is absent from the Town of Middletown while on
vacation; or
F. Religion:
because such person is unable to vote at a certain time or on a certain
day due to the tenets or teachings of that person's religion.
All other provisions regarding requirements for the ballot envelope,
counting procedure for absentee ballots, procedure on receipt of ballot
envelope, preparing absentee ballots to be counted, carrier envelope
specifications, challenges, rejected ballots, validity of absentee
voter's ballot, procedure if requests or ballots sent to wrong
official; and file of absentee voters shall be governed by Title 15,
Chapter 75, of the Delaware Code.