Absentee Voting

Can I vote absentee? Connecticut has strict laws regarding who can vote absentee.

• For the August 2020 Presidential and State Primary, all voters can vote by absentee due to the COVID-19 virus, pursuant to the Governor’s Executive Order No. 7QQ.  Just check the COVID-19 box on the application.
• Are you an active member of the armed forces of the United States?
• Will you be out of town during all the hours of voting on Election Day?
• Does illness prevent you from voting in person on Election Day?
• Do your religious beliefs prevent you from performing secular activities like voting on Election Day?
• Will you be performing duties as an election official at a polling place other than your own during all the hours of voting on Election Day?
• Do you have a physical disability that prevents you from voting in person on Election Day?

If you answered yes to any of the above questions, you are eligible to vote absentee.

How do I vote absentee?

For the August 2020 Primary Election, please use the Application for Absentee Ballot:

• English Application for Absentee Ballot
• Spanish Application for Absentee Ballot

HAWAII VOTES BY MAIL

The State of Hawaii passed Act 136, SLH 2019, implementing elections by mail beginning with the 2020 Elections.All properly registered voters will automatically receive a mail ballot packet approximately 18 days prior to the election.

ABSENTEE VOTING APPLICATION

https://www.sos.la.gov/OurOffice/PublishedDocuments/COVID-19%20VR2%20Absentee%20by%20Mail%20Application%20(Rev.%204-20)%20Ver.%201.pdf

Who may vote by absentee ballot

Any registered voter may vote by absentee ballot. You don’t need a reason to vote by absentee ballot. It’s another way to vote if you don’t want to or can’t go to an early voting center or your polling place.

If you do not know if you are registered to vote, use the online voter look-up to find out. If you are not registered to vote, find out how to register to vote.

How do I request an Absentee ballot

2020 Presidential Primary Election

All registered and eligible voters will automatically receive a ballot in the mail. We will mail the ballot to the address we have on file.

You must be registered with the Democratic or Republican parties to vote for President and most other contests. If you are not registered with either party, you may only be eligible to vote for school board candidates if your jurisdiction has a school board election this year. You can check your registration status and party registration here.

If you would like your ballot delivered to you electronically or want your ballot mailed to a different address, please submit a request. You can submit a request online or via paper form. If you use a paper form, read the instructions, enter the required information, print the form, sign it, and return it to your local board of elections. You can return it by mail, fax, or email (scanned as attachment).

• Online if you have a Maryland’s driver’s license or MVA-issued ID card.
• Absentee ballot application for 2020 elections (PDF)
• Solicitud de Papeleta de Votante Ausente para las Elecciones del 2020 (PDF)

2020 Voting Options

During the August primary and November general elections in 2020, Missouri voters will be eligible to cast ballots by mail with notarization of the ballot envelope, and voters in at-risk categories for contracting or transmitting COVID-19 are eligible to vote by absentee ballot without obtaining notarization. A two-page summary of your options is linked below, and links to the revised absentee application and mail-in ballot application are available below.

Links

Absentee and Mail-in Ballot Informational Flyers

Local Election Authority Contact Information

Request for Missouri Absentee or Mail-In Ballot – August 4, 2020 Primary Election

Request for Missouri Absentee Ballot

Request for Missouri Mail-In Ballot

Application forms for a mail-in or absentee ballot for the November 3, 2020, General Election will be available on this page on August 18, 2020. If you have any questions, please call 800-669-8683.

* INFORMATION NEEDED TO REQUEST AN ABSENTEE BALLOT

You may use the application form prescribed by the Secretary of State (Form 11-A) or provided to you by your county board of elections to apply for your absentee ballot. If you choose not to use the prescribed form, your written application need not be in any particular format, but it must contain all of the following information:

1. Your name;
2. Your legal signature;
3. The address at which you are registered to vote;
4. Your date of birth;
5. One of the following items showing proof of your identification:
   • Your Ohio driver’s license number (begins with two letters followed by six numbers);
   • The last four digits of your Social Security number; or
   • A copy of a current and valid photo identification, a military identification, or a current (within the last 12 months) utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck or other government document (other than a notice of voter registration mailed by a board of elections) that shows the voter’s name and current address.
6. A statement identifying the election for which you are requesting an absentee ballot;
7. A statement that you are a qualified elector;
8. If the request is for a partisan primary election ballot, your political party affiliation; and
9. If you want the ballot to be mailed to a different address than where you are registered, the address to which you want it mailed.

ABSENTEE VOTING BY MAIL

https://www.sos.state.oh.us/globalassets/elections/forms/11-a_english.pdf

All Ohio voters whose registration information is up-to-date have the opportunity to vote in any election from the convenience of their own homes by requesting an absentee ballot. Absentee voting has many benefits — You can vote early, it is convenient, it reduces the chance of lines at the polls on Election Day, and absentee ballots are the first votes counted on Election Night. Voters need only fill out and return an application and their absentee ballot will be mailed to them so they may make their selections at their leisure and return their ballot to the board of elections ahead of Election Day.

The deadline to request an absentee ballot is three days before the election in which you want to vote, but voters can submit their application any time. If mailed, absentee ballots must be postmarked by the day before the election in order to be counted. You can also return your absentee ballot in-person to your county board of elections before the close of the polls at 7:30pm on Election Day.

You can request your ballot for each individual election beginning on January 1 or 90 days before the date of an election, whichever is earlier, but you must complete and submit a separate application for each election in which you want to vote. Your request must be received by your local county board of elections by noon the third day before the election (usually a Saturday). However, you should submit your request as far in advance of the election as possible to ensure there is sufficient time for the board to mail you a ballot and for you to timely return that ballot.

STEPS TO REQUEST AND VOTE AN ABSENTEE BALLOT:

1. Complete the absentee ballot request form*.
2. Once you have completed your application by providing all of the required information print and sign it.
3. Mail the request form back to your own county board of elections.
4. Wait to receive your ballot in the mail from your county board of elections. If you have questions about your absentee ballot request, you should call your county board of elections or you can track the status of your ballot request as well as your voted absentee ballot through the Voter Toolkit.

5. Return your voted ballot.You can send it by S. Mail or deliver it in person to your county board of elections, but the return envelope containing your marked ballot must either be received by your county board of elections prior to the close of the polls on Election Day, or postmarked no later than the day before the election and received by the board of elections no later than 10 days after the election.

To make sure your absentee ballot is counted, it must be received by your board of elections by 7:30 p.m. on Election Day OR be postmarked by the day before Election Day.

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) estimates that it may take two to five days for your voted absentee ballot to be delivered to your board of elections by mail.

If you are returning your voted ballot during the week before Election Day, you should take it to USPS no later than the day before Election Day and ensure it receives a postmark as follows:

1. • If you use a postage label purchased at a USPS customer service window or vending machine, the date on the label is the postmark. This is the USPS-recommended way to postmark your ballot.
   • If you use postage stamps, ask that it be postmarked.