Any qualified elector who is either unable or unwilling to appear at the polling place on election day may request to vote an absentee ballot. To be considered a qualified elector, you must be a U.S. citizen, you must be age 18 or older on election day, and you need to have resided in the ward or municipality where you wish to vote for at least ten (10) days prior to the election. Additionally, if voter registration is required, you must also be registered.

TO OBTAIN AN ABSENTEE BALLOT, YOU MUST MAKE A REQUEST IN WRITING

Contact your Municipal Clerk and request that an application for an absentee ballot be sent to you for an upcoming primary or general election or both. You may also request an absentee ballot by letter. Your written request must list your voting address within the municipality where you wish to vote, the address where the absentee ballot is to be mailed, if different, and your signature.

Special absentee voting application provisions apply to electors who are indefinitely confined at home or a care facility, in the military, hospitalized, or serving  as a sequestered juror. If this applies to you, contact your Municipal Clerk.

The deadline for making an application to vote absentee by mail is 4:30 p.m. on the Friday preceding the primary or general election.

The deadline for voting an absentee ballot in the Municipal Clerk's office is 4:30pm on the Monday preceding the primary or general election.

All absentee ballots must be returned to the Municipal Clerk's office so that the ballots can be delivered to the proper polling place before the polls close on election day.

Any ballots that are received after the closing of the polls will not be counted.