Judge upholds Pa. voter ID law

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72. Absentee voting is not available to everyone

You only may apply for an absentee ballot if you expect to be out of town on election day or are too ill to make it to the polls. If your plans change and you are in town or have recuperated on election day, you are required by law to go to your polling place, void your absentee ballot and vote in person. If you do not, and someone finds out you are able to vote in person, they can challenge your absentee ballot and it may be voided. So you cannot just vote absentee (at least not legally) because you do not have an ID.

Here are more details on absentee ballot requirements:

http://www.votespa.com/portal/server.pt?open=514&objID=1174088&parentname=ObjMgr&parentid=7&mode=2

Here is the absentee ballot application, which you will see requires you to certify the reason you are entitled to vote absentee (also note the warning at the bottom):

www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/http;//www.portal.state.pa.us;80/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_160329_1240045_0_0_18/AbsenteeBallotApplication.pdf