Any qualified elector who is duly registered may vote by absentee
ballot in any Town of Elsmere election for any of the following reasons:
(1) Because such person is in the public service of the United States
or of this State, or is a citizen of the United States 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 the person, or is absent from this State because
of illness or injury received while serving in the armed forces of
the United States.
(2) 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,
society of Friends, or United Service Organizations; or
(3) 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;
(4) Because such person is sick or physically disabled;
(5) Because such person is absent from the Town of Elsmere while on vacation;
(6) 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; or
(7) Because such person is unavoidably absent from the Town on the day
of the election. (75 Del. Laws, c. 187, 7/12/05; 77 Del. Laws, c.
410, § 1, 7/15/10)