Article V, § 4A — General laws for absentee voting

The General Assembly shall enact general laws providing that any qualified elector of this State, duly registered, who shall be unable to appear to cast a ballot at any general election at the regular polling place of the election district in which the qualified elector is registered, because of being in the public service of the United States or of this State, because of being a spouse or dependent when residing with or accompanying the qualified elector who is in the public service of the United States or of this State, because of the nature of the qualified elector’s business or occupation, because of the qualified elector’s sickness or physical disability, because of the qualified elector’s absence from the district while on vacation, or because of the qualified elector’s religious tenets or teachings, may cast a ballot at such general election to be counted in such election district.