The last
day for the County Clerk’s Office to receive applications by mail for absentee
ballot is Thursday, March 13. Absentee ballots mailed to individuals must be
voted, post marked
prior to Election Day and received no later than the 14th day after the Election on March 18.
prior to Election Day and received no later than the 14th day after the Election on March 18.
Applications
for absentee ballot by mail may be made to the McHenry County Clerk, 2200 N.
Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, IL 60098. Applications for absentee voting may be
obtained by calling 815-334-4242 or downloaded from the County Clerks website
As a safeguard to absentee voting the following
provisions are in effect:
- A candidate whose name is on the ballot is prohibited from assisting a physically disabled absentee voter unless the candidate is the spouse, parent, brother or sister of the voter, “Schultz explains.
- “Also no one other than the absentee voter, shall deposit the absentee ballot in the mail,” she added
- An absentee ballot may be delivered “in person” to the County Clerk’s Office, by either the voter or by a spouse, parent, child, brother or sister of the voter. If the ballot is delivered by any of the aforesaid persons, written authorization from the voter must also be provided. A ballot may also be delivered to the Clerk’s office by an authorized delivery service.
- A voter who was issued an absentee ballot, by mail, may surrender his unvoted absentee ballot on Election Day at the polling site and vote in person.
Schultz
noted that individuals who register to vote by mail must provide sufficient
proof of identity. Any person who registered by mail, who has never voted in
McHenry County before, and is requesting an absentee ballot through the mail,
must provide sufficient proof of identity, to allow the election authority to
verify the voter’s identity, prior to the mailing of an absentee ballot; or the
absentee voter may vote “in person” at the McHenry County Administration Building,
Room 107, with one exception: any voter
who is voting under the provisions of the uniformed and overseas citizen
absentee voting act, who registered y mail, may vote absentee by mail.
Further
information may be obtained by calling 815-334-4242 or the Illinois State Board
of Election at 217-782-4141 in Springfield or 312-814-6440 in Chicago.
“In person”
absentee voting will be conducted at:
McHenry County Administration Building
667 Ware Road, Room 107
’Woodstock, IL
Monday thru Friday 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM
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