NEW RULES AFFECTING ABSENTEE BALLOTS:
 

The deadline to request an absentee ballot is:

  • If the application is mailed, 4:30 p.m. on September 5, 2006; or

  • If the application is faxed, 11:59 p.m. on September 5, 2006.

Overseas Absentee Ballot

Under the federal Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, military and overseas voters can vote by absentee ballot. If you are a military or overseas voter, learn more about absentee voting and the FVAP's On-line Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot. After ballot is received, vote the ballot and return it to your County Board of Elections on or before 8 p.m. on election day.

A ballot received by the county board of elections will be counted provided:

  • It has been received by 8:00 p.m. on election day; or

  • It was mailed from a location within the United States before election day, bearing a postmark verifying that fact, and the ballot is received from the postal service by 4 p.m. on the Wednesday following election day; or

  • It was mailed from a location outside the United States before election day, bearing a postmark verifying that fact, and the ballot is received from the postal service by 10 a.m. on the second Friday following Election Day or 10 a.m. on the second Wednesday after a Gubernatorial Primary Election.