An applicant who applies for an absentee ballot because of unforeseen illness or physical disability occurring within six days immediately preceding the close of the polls at an election, primary or referendum or because the applicant is a patient in a hospital within such six-day period, may appoint a designee, as defined in subsection (b) of section 9-140b, to deliver the ballot to him, by stating on the application, in a space provided for that purpose, (1) the date of occurrence of the illness or disability or the name and address of the hospital in which the applicant is a patient within such six-day period, (2) the name, address and category under said subsection, of the person so designated and (3) the delivery which the person is designated to perform, provided the person so designated shall also sign a statement on the application to the effect that he consents to the designation and will perform the delivery without tampering with the ballot in any way. If the application designates a person to deliver the ballot to the applicant, that person shall personally submit the application to the municipal clerk. If such application is submitted to the clerk in person, within six days immediately preceding the close of the polls at an election or primary, by a person designated on the application to deliver the absentee ballot to the applicant as provided in this section and in subsection (b) of said section 9-140b, and if the application is dated within such time, the clerk shall give that person the absentee voting set.