Any qualified elector may vote an absentee ballot by mail or in person at the Absentee Election Office, if he or she makes an application in writing and meets one of the following requirements:

 ·    Out of the county or the state on Election Day.

·    Any physical illness or infirmity which prevents attendance at the polls.

·    Works a shift which is at least ten (10) hours that coincides with the hours the polls are open.

·    A student at an educational institution located outside the county of permanent residence.

·    An election officer at a polling place which is not their regular polling place.

·    A member of, or spouse or dependent of a member of, the Armed Forces of the United States, or an otherwise similarly qualified to vote absentee pursuant to the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, 42 U.S.C. 1973ff.

Applications are available at  www.madisoncountyvotes.com or in the Absentee Election Office. Upon presentation of a completed application and I.D., voters may receive a ballot, vote, and turn in the ballot.  The law requires that we only take applications and give ballots to the applicant in person.  All others must be mailed to the office.  Multiple applications cannot be mailed in the same envelope.

For a ballot to be counted, election officials must receive it by 5 p.m., November 7.

Voter registration and address updates must be completed with the Board of Registrars prior to October 24 for this election. Board of Registrars is located at 819 Cook Avenue, Suite 150.

Questions can be directed to the office of Debra Kizer, Madison County Circuit Clerk and Absentee Election Manager at (256) 532-3684.

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