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Election Calendar.  Absentee Voting.

Election Calendar

The next election is November 2, 2010. Polls are open from 6:00 AM until 7:00 PM for all elections.

Absentee Voting

ABSENTEE VOTING

1. You may request an absentee ballot if you are: Expecting to be away from home on election day

- on personal or professional business or vacation
- studying at a school away from home
- in the active military service.

Unable to go to the polls because you are:

- regularly employed in a business outside the continental limits of the United States,
- member of electoral board, registrar, officer of election, custodian of voting equipment,
- ill, disabled or hospitalized, *
- caring for a sick or disabled family member, or
- confined while awaiting trial or due to a misdemeanor conviction.

2. To vote absentee by MAIL Request an application form for absentee voting from your local Registrar, beginning 10 months before a general election. The Registrar must receive your application at least five (5) days before the election. An absentee ballot will be mailed to you and it MUST be in the Registrar's office by election day. It may be returned by you in person.

• may be eligible to file a special annual application to receive ballots for all elections in a calendar year.

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