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You may vote by absentee
ballot if you:
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Expect to be absent from
the community in which registered for the entire time the polls are
open on Election Day.
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Are physically unable to
attend the polls without the assistance of another.
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Cannot attend the polls
because of the tenets of your religion.
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Have been appointed an
election precinct inspector in a precinct other than the precinct
where you reside.
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Are 60 years of age or
more.
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Cannot attend the polls
because of confinement in jail awaiting arraignment or trial.
What is the deadline for
applying for absentee ballots?
- Application must be made by 2:00pm
on the Saturday preceding the election.
- If after the deadline is passed and
it is found an Absentee Ballot is required, the elector may go to
the clerk's office on any working day up to 4:00pm of the day
preceding the election
How do I apply?
- By contacting the clerk of your
municipality. in the case of a state primary or general election,
the city or township clerk. Contact the village clerk for a village
election only if that is where you reside.
- State a statutory reason (listed
above), tell where the ballot must be mailed or delivered, give your
present registered address and sign the request.
- Absentee ballots can be mailed only
to a registration address or an address outside the community.
- Each person who desires an absentee
ballot must sign the request as ballots are sent or delivered only
to those who sign.
- Application can be made for one
election only or for the primary election and general election which
follows on one form.
- Application may not be accepted
sooner than 75 days preceding the primary election.
No Absentee Voter
Ballots will be supplied through telephone request.
Application can be by:
- Letter
- Post Card
- In person at the Clerk's office
- Application form obtained from your
local clerk.
- Federal Post Card Application*
*Restricted to members of the
Armed Forces, Merchant Marines, and their spouses and dependents or
U.S. citizens temporarily living or traveling outside of the
territorial limits of the United States.
How do I return my absent voter ballot
application?
- Public postal service, express mail
service, parcel post service or other common carrier.
- Personally deliver it to your Clerk
or to an assistant of the Clerk.
- Have an immediate family member mail
or deliver it to your Clerk or to an assistant of the Clerk.
- If none of the above are available
to you, another registered voter may deliver your application to the
Clerk but must sign an authorizing certificate.
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