Michigan law severely limits who can get absentee ballots. You have to sign something stating that you are (a) going to be out of town or working the entire time the polls are open, (b) unable to get to the polls physically due to illness/disability/age, (c) a poll worker at a different precinct, or (d) unable to fill out a ballot without the assistance of another person.
I have gotten absentee ballots in the past for major elections when I knew I couldn't face the crowds without melting down (also, our polling place has nowhere inside for more than about a dozen people to line up. My asthma means that standing for half an hour in the cold isn't safe, especially given that I no longer have a rescue inhaler because I can't use the only kind available). I'm not sure that severe agoraphobia fits under the sort of disability that they had in mind, but it's a big deal for me. Less so now that I have Ativan, but I didn't then.
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Date: 2015-09-25 05:28 pm (UTC)I have gotten absentee ballots in the past for major elections when I knew I couldn't face the crowds without melting down (also, our polling place has nowhere inside for more than about a dozen people to line up. My asthma means that standing for half an hour in the cold isn't safe, especially given that I no longer have a rescue inhaler because I can't use the only kind available). I'm not sure that severe agoraphobia fits under the sort of disability that they had in mind, but it's a big deal for me. Less so now that I have Ativan, but I didn't then.