(A) For the purpose of this section the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ABSENT ELECTOR. Any registered and qualified elector who, due to physical disability, is unable, without another's assistance, to attend the polls, or any qualified elector wherever he or she may be, except persons confined in prison or jail, so long as he or she will not be in the county during the hours the polls are open for voting on the day of any election. The person may cast an absentee ballot upon compliance with the absentee election provision of division (B) below.
(B) Absentee voting in the municipal elections provided for in this chapter shall be permitted and governed by state law.
(Ord. 5, passed 11-12-73)
Statutory reference:
Absent voters, see F.S. §§ 101.62 et seq.