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	Elections: How to Apply for an Absentee Ballot
		If you wish to vote by absentee ballot for more than one election in a year you may make one application and request that ballots for all elections during that calendar year be sent to you.
		Absentee ballots should be available three weeks before an election.
		The deadline for applying for an absentee ballot is noon of the day before the election.
	www.sec.state.ma.us /ele/eleifv/howabs.htm (759 words)

	Absentee ballot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		An absentee ballot is a vote cast by someone who is unable or unwilling to attend the official polling station.
		Increasing the ease of access to absentee ballots are seen by many as one way to improve voter turnout, though some countries require that a valid reason, such as infirmity or travel, be given before a voter can participate in an absentee ballot.
		The term "absentee ballot" in Oregon refers to mailing the ballot to the county elections official, and not merely to receiving the ballot in the mail.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Absentee_ballot (1478 words)

	Absentee Voting - Division of Elections - Department of State (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		A voter, or someone designated by the voter, may request an absentee ballot from the supervisor of elections in person, by mail or by telephone.
		If you have obtained an absentee ballot but are able to vote in your precinct on election day, you must take the absentee ballot with you to the polls, whether or not it has been marked.
		Once your absentee ballot is voted, you may either return it by fax or you may mail it to the supervisor of elections so that it is received no later than 7 p.m.
	election.dos.state.fl.us /absenteevoting.shtml (696 words)

	ABSENTEE BALLOT
		All persons wishing to vote absentee must request an absentee ballot in writing from their municipal clerk in the city, village or township where they are eligible to vote.
		The ballot is given to the judge, who, as soon as convenient, recesses the court to allow the juror to vote.
		The Absentee Certificate-Affidavit Ballot envelope is notarized by the judge and is returned to the clerk or agent for delivery to the polling place before the polls close.
	www.lwvjvl.org /absballt.htm (1202 words)

	Franklin County Board of Elections
		A qualified Ohio voter does not have to state a reason to vote by an absentee ballot, although the ballot must be applied for in writing.
		Alternatively, an absentee application may be submitted on your behalf by one of the following relatives: your spouse, father, mother, father-in-law, motherin- law, grandfather, grandmother, brother or sister of the whole blood or half blood, son, daughter, adopting parent, adopted child, stepparent, stepchild, uncle, aunt, nephew, or niece.
		If properly returned from out-of-country, your ballot must be received by your county board of elections not later than the 10th day after the election and must be postmarked on or before the date of the election.
	www.co.franklin.oh.us /boe/content/voter/absentee.html (1528 words)

	SOS - Administering Michigan's Absentee Voting Process
		A city or township clerk may mass mail blank absentee voter ballot applications to eligible absentee voters in advance of elections at his or her discretion; such mailings are not required by law.
		A voter who visits his or her clerk's office on the day prior to the election to obtain an absentee voter ballot must vote the ballot in the clerk's office; the voter is not permitted to leave the clerk's office with the ballot.
		With these restrictions, an absentee voter is not permitted to ask another voter to return his or her absentee ballot.
	www.michigan.gov /sos/0,1607,7-127-1633_11976_11987-28039--,00.html (1481 words)

	WVSOS - Elections - Absentee Voting in West Virginia
		If your polling place is inaccessible, you may vote an early in person ballot at the clerk's office, or you may apply to have your voter registration transferred to an accessible precinct in your district that is convenient for you.
		Emergency absentee voting is available when a person is suddenly hospitalized or unexpectedly admitted to a nursing home within the county, or in some cases, in an adjacent county.
		West Virginia residents who move outside the country continue to be eligible to vote at their last residence in the United States and may vote an absentee ballot by mail.
	www.wvsos.com /elections/voters/absentee.htm (1516 words)

	Ballot fraud constant concern - PittsburghLIVE.com
		Absentee ballots bear new signatures required as part of an application request and also on the envelope sent with the ballots.
		Elections officials concede that the absentee ballot system could be targeted for potential fraud, but the signature requirement has prevented most attempts.
		But unlike absentee ballots, alternative ballots can be submitted to the election bureau until the day of an election and are only to be used by elderly, handicapped voters whose polling places are not accessible to them.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/valleyindependent/news/s_189761.html (801 words)

	voting: Home
		Absentee ballots delivered for absentee voters who do not have a disability by any other means will not be accepted or counted by the county board of elections.
		The purpose of the Alternative Ballot is to offer a qualified voter who has been assigned to an inaccessible polling place an alternative means to vote without having to appear at the inaccessible polling place or to qualify to vote by Absentee Ballot.
		A special write-in absentee ballot returned to the county board of elections will be handled and counted in the same manner as an absentee ballot cast on an official absentee ballot.
	www.dos.state.pa.us /voting/cwp/view.asp?a=1193&q=442991&votingNav=\| (1421 words)

	County of San Diego - Registrar of Voters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		An absentee ballot can be requested as early as 60 days prior to the November 7, 2006 election day.
		Absentee ballots will be mailed beginning 29 days before Election Day.
		All voted absentee ballots must be returned to the RoV before 8 pm on Election Day.
	www.sdcounty.ca.gov /voters/Eng/Eabsentee.html (280 words)

	California Voter Foundation - Voting FAQ
		An absentee ballot must be received by your county election office by 8 pm on Election Day; you can mail in your ballot, return it to any polling place worker on Election Day, or return it in person to your county election office.
		All absentee ballots that are returned to county election offices by 8pm on election day are counted.
		Absentee ballots must be returned to county election offices and received by those offices by the time polls close (8pm) on Election Day in order to be counted.
	www.calvoter.org /voter/faq.html (2951 words)

	Franklin County Board of Elections
		A qualified Ohio voter does not have to state a reason to vote by an absentee ballot, although the ballot must be applied for in writing.
		Alternatively, an absentee application may be submitted on your behalf by one of the following relatives: your spouse, father, mother, father-in-law, motherin- law, grandfather, grandmother, brother or sister of the whole blood or half blood, son, daughter, adopting parent, adopted child, stepparent, stepchild, uncle, aunt, nephew, or niece.
		If properly returned from out-of-country, your ballot must be received by your county board of elections not later than the 10th day after the election and must be postmarked on or before the date of the election.
	www.franklincountyohio.gov /boe/content/voter/absentee.html (1528 words)

	ABSENTEE VOTING IN OKLAHOMA
		Absentee ballot application forms are available from all county election boards and from the State Election Board.
		You may apply for absentee ballots for one election, for several elections or for all elections in which you are eligible to vote during the calendar year in which the application is submitted.
		If your absentee ballot is mailed to you, you must return it to the county election board by mail.
	www.state.ok.us /~elections/absentee.html (696 words)

	Absentee Voting Information / Alabama Secretary of State
		The absentee ballot application must be returned to the Absentee Election Manager by the voter in person (or by the voter's designee in the case of medical emergency voting) or by U.S. Mail.
		The absentee ballot comes with three envelopes -- one plain (the secrecy envelope), one with an affidavit, or oath, printed on the outside, and one plain envelope, preaddressed (the outer envelope).
		An absentee ballot cannot be counted unless the affidavit is notarized or has the signatures of two witnesses.
	www.sos.state.al.us /election/absentee (911 words)

	Board of Elections in the City of New York - Absentee Voting
		Absentee voting in person begins as soon as the ballots are available (at least 32 days before an election) and ends on Election Day.
		To be counted, an absentee ballot must be postmarked by the day before Election Day and must reach the Board of Elections no more than seven(7) days after the election.
		The only time you may write on the ballot is when you want to vote for someone else whose name does not appear on the ballot - then you may write his or her name in the write-in box and fill in the oval in that box.
	www.vote.nyc.ny.us /absentee.html (484 words)

	Voting by Absentee Ballot
		An absentee ballot is the paper ballot marked by an absent voter, sealed in a special envelope, and given or mailed to the municipal clerk.
		If accepted, the absentee ballot is counted as if the voter had cast the ballot in person.
		The request is made to the municipal clerk in writing by using the Application for Absentee Ballot (EB-121), or by letter requesting an absentee ballot which substantially provides the information required on the application form.
	www.city.milwaukee.gov /display/router.asp?docid=924 (341 words)

	Absentee Ballot Provisions
		The study looked at liberal absentee ballot procedures such as the voter opportunity to request an absentee ballot without specifying a reason, early voting, all mail balloting, and lists whereby citizens have the option to be mailed an absentee ballot.
		Those states that adopted liberal absentee ballot provisions saw an initial increase of voter turnout with the provisions, but in the long run states have seen a voter turnout decrease greater than states with more restrictive absentee balloting requirements.
		In election year 1996, those states with liberal absentee ballot provisions saw voter turnout fall by 5.1% compared to election year 1992, and those states that did not adopt liberal absentee ballot provisions saw voter turnout fall by only 3.2% compared to election year 1992.
	www.uvm.edu /~vlrs/doc/election_issues.htm (1380 words)

	Medina County Board of Elections - Absentee Ballot
		Once absentee ballots are available for voting, an absentee voter may either vote in person at the county board of elections office, or receive and return the absentee ballot via U.S. Mail.
		Alternatively, an absentee application may be submitted on your behalf by one of the following relatives: your spouse, father, mother, father-in-law, mother-in-law, grandfather, grandmother, brother or sister of the whole blood or half blood, son, daughter, adopting parent, adopted child, stepparent, stepchild, uncle, aunt, nephew, or niece.
		You may go to the board of elections office during regular business hours after absentee ballots are available for voting, but no later than the day before the election, and request, receive and immediately vote your ballot at the board office.
	www.co.medina.oh.us /election/absentee.htm (1032 words)

	www.lavote.net - Absentee Voting
		A ballot will automatically be mailed to you for each election in which you are eligible to vote.
		As of January 1, 2006 and pursuant to SB 39, a voter’s name shall be deleted from the permanent absentee voter list if he or she fails to return an absentee ballot for two (2) consecutive statewide general elections.
		Absentee ballots issued in the last six (6) days prior to an election and on Election Day are called Emergency Absentee Ballots.
	www.lavote.net /VOTER/Absentee_Voting.cfm (559 words)

	California Secretary of State - Elections & Voter Information
		To apply for an absentee ballot, you may use the application printed on your Sample Ballot, which you will receive prior to every election, or apply in writing to your county elections official.
		Once your voted absentee ballot is received by your county elections official, your signature on the absentee ballot return envelope will be compared to the signature on your voter registration card to determine that you are the authorized voter.
		To become a permanent absentee voter, you must complete an application, which is available from your county elections official.
	www.ss.ca.gov /elections/elections_m.htm (1025 words)

	Decision2004: Absentee ballot plan criticized
		At the bottom was a tearoff sheet addressed to the "Absentee Ballot Request Department" at 601 N. Ashley Dr., suite 610, in Tampa, his campaign headquarters.
		Absentee ballots were critical to his 130-vote win, the narrowest margin of any Republican house incumbent with an opponent.
		Bunkley said he was not trying to embarrass Ambler, but said the results were odd considering his own aggressive absentee ballot effort.
	www.sptimes.com /2004/10/28/Decision2004/Absentee_ballot_plan_.shtml (427 words)

	Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections - Buddy Johnson
		This absentee ballot request is for the 2006 elections.
		A request for an absentee ballot to be mailed to a voter must be received no later than 5:00 p.m.
		If you are requesting an absentee ballot for more than one election and will be in a different location for each election, make a separate request for each election with the correct mailing address.
	www.votehillsborough.org /content.aspx?id=164 (314 words)

	Absentee Ballots at the Delaware Department of Elections (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Absentee Ballots at the Delaware Department of Elections
		If you are a registered voter and you are unable to go to your regular polling place on election day to cast your vote, you may be eligible to vote by absentee ballot.
		Mail your completed affidavit to the Department of Elections for the county in which you reside and are registered to vote.
	www.state.de.us /election/services/voter/absenteeballot.shtml (203 words)

	BOE - Absentee Ballot Information
		If you request an absentee ballot and do not receive the ballot, or do not vote it, you may vote a provisional ballot at your poll on Election Day.
		Ballots may be requested by writing a letter or submitting an Absentee Ballot application.
		Once a voter receives the ballot; it can be voted and must be returned to the Board by mail or in person no later than 7:30pm on Election Day.
	www.hamilton-co.org /boe/absenteeballots.asp (284 words)

	Alaska Elections
		Ballots for all 40 districts are available at all regional election offices 15 days before Election Day and at all airport absentee voting stations on Tuesday (Election Day only) from 7:00 a.m.
		If your absentee ballot is to be sent outside of the United States and you will be there 60 days before and during the election, you may request a Special Advance Ballot by checking box 15 on the absentee ballot application.
		If your absentee ballot is to be sent to a remote area of Alaska and you will be there 60 days before or during an election, you may request a Special Advance Ballot by checking box 15 on the absentee ballot application.
	ltgov.state.ak.us /elections/abinfo.php (1063 words)

	Virginia State Board of Elections : ABSENTEE VOTING IN VIRGINIA
		Absentee voting provides a means for qualified voters to participate in upcoming elections even though they may not be able to go to the polls on election day.
		Any registered and qualified voter may request a mail ballot for presidential and vice-presidential electors only by writing across the top of their absentee application "request ballot for presidential electors only." A voter who votes a "presidential only" ballot may not later decide to vote the rest of the ballot.
		The absentee ballot application must be received in your local voter registration office by the Tuesday before election day to receive a ballot by mail.
	www.sbe.virginia.gov /cms/Absentee_Voting/Index.html (1119 words)

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