AdvertisementAt least 37 other states allow emergency voting for medical reasons, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. In California, New York and several other states, hospital employees and volunteers can help a patient complete an emergency ballot application. Did you know that you can vote from your hospital bed if you’re a registered voter hospitalized around Election Day? She did research and learned patients could vote in the hospital using an emergency ballot — something none of her co-workers knew. Those who say yes get emergency ballot applications, which the hospital has been sending to the L.A. County registrar-recorder for verification.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 29, 2020 13:02 UTC