“MAIL-IN” ABSENTEE  BALLOT  VOTING 

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KENTUCKY LAW ALLOWS MAILING AN ABSENTEE BALLOT
FOR THESE REASONS:

CLICK ON THE REASON THAT APPLIES FOR APPLICATION

  1. Person who due to age, disability, or illness will be unable to go to the polls on
    Election Day.
  1. Student who temporarily resides outside the county in which he/she is registered.
  1. Voter who temporarily resides outside the state but who is still eligible to vote in this state.
  1. Person incarcerated in jail who has been charged with a crime but has yet to be convicted of the crime.
  1. Person whose employment location requires him/her to be absent from the county all hours and all days absentee voting by machine is conducted.
  1. Military personnel confined to a military base on Election Day.
  1. Residents of Kentucky and their dependents who are members of the Armed Forces.
  1. Kentucky citizens residing overseas.
  1. FOR PRESIDENTIAL BALLOT ONLY: Moved to another state after its registration books closed.

 

PLEASE BE AWARE:
This is a REQUEST for an application.

 3 step process.

  1. Request             - Make REQUEST for an application.
  2. Application       - Receive – Complete – Return Application by mail.
  3. Ballot                 - Receive – Cast Ballot – and return voted ballot by mail.

 -When the request is received the application will be mailed.
-The application is to be completed by the voter and returned to our office. 
-Ballots will not begin to be mailed until September 16, 2008.
-Ballots may only be returned by mail.

If you qualify by one of the above reasons #1 through #9, click on that area for your request form.

No absentee application or ballot shall be mailed to a voter who resides in the county in which he/she is registered, except to those voters who qualify for reasons listed in numbers 1 and 5.  

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The last day our office may accept a Mail-In Absentee Ballot Application is the close of business on Tuesday, October 28, 2008, seven (7) days before the General Election. 

KRS 117.085