The month
of March is just five days away.
Yes, that
means there is an Election Day on the horizon—this one--March 18--is a General
Primary Election.
McHenry
County Clerk, Katherine C. Schultz, announced that voters may make application
for an absentee ballot for the March 18 General Primary Election.
The first
day to apply was Thursday, February 6 and the last day for the County Clerk’s
Office to receive applications by mail 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.
Persons
may apply for an absentee ballot by mail--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 Clerk’s website:
There are
a few laws which must be followed:
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 by mail, may vote absentee by mail.
Further
information may be obtained by calling 815-334-4242 or the Illinois Board of
Election at 217-782-4141 in Springfield or 312-814-6440 in Chicago.
“In person”
absentee voting will be conducted
McHenry County Administration Building
667 Ware Road Room 107
Woodstock, IL.
Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
