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Ensure you meet one of the requirements
- Any person who will be unavoidably absent from their voting place on the date of election.
- Any members of the Uniformed Services, merchant marines and family members such as spouses or dependents away from polling locations due to active duty status.
- Any U.S. citizen who is temporarily or living outside of territorial limits of the United States such as vacationing or residency abroad.
- Unable to attend the polls on Election Day because of illness or physical disability.
Download, fill-out, and return the absentee form
- Download and print the application form and instructions appropriate for your circumstances.
- If you wish to vote absentee because of the current health crisis, check ‘Unavoidably Absent’ when filling out the form.
- Return the application form as indicated in the instructions.
Deadline for Submission of Application:
- In Person: by close of business the Friday BEFORE the election.
- By Designated Bearer or Administrator: by close of business the Friday BEFORE the election.
- (Designated Bearer is anyone you choose to pick up and/or deliver your application or ballot).
- By Mail or by Electronic Means: by 7 days before the election.
- By Authorized Agent: by 1:30 p.m. ON election day.
- The authorized agent must file with the County Clerk an affidavit from the administrative head of a hospital or nursing home located in this state verifying that the applicant is a patient of the hospital or long-term care or residential care facility licensed by the state and is thereby unable to vote on the election day at his or her regular polling site.
- For persons who reside outside the county in which they are registered to vote
- For persons of long-term care or residential facilities licensed by the state
- For persons who are disabled voters as defined in ACA 7-5-311(d)
- For persons who reside within the county in which they are registered to vote.