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Absentee voting is available if you meet specific criteria. The last day to request your ballot varies, as does the deadline to return the voted ballot. The deadline for most voters to request their absentee ballot is four days before Election Day. You can return your absentee ballot request form through mail, in person at your local elections office, or online.
There are 2 ways to vote absentee: In-person and Mail-In. The qualification criteria are different for each. Both are described below.
Extra-Early Excused in-person absentee voting:
To qualify for Extra-Early excused in-person absentee voting, you must fulfill one of the following criteria:
Absentee voting is available and no excuse is required. The deadline to request an absentee ballot is 11 days before the election. To ensure your vote counts, your completed ballot must reach the election office by Election Day. You can submit your absentee ballot request form by mail, in person at the local elections office, or online.
Absentee voting is available and no excuse is required. The last day to request an absentee ballot is 10 days before the election.
California no longer uses the term "absentee ballots." County elections officials mail ballots to all active registered voters about a month before the election. You choose whether to vote in person at your voting location or return the ballot you received either by mail or by dropping it off.
Absentee voting in Virginia is available, and no excuse is required. The last day to request an absentee ballot is by 5pm 11 days before an election.
Your marked absentee ballot must be postmarked by Election Day and received by noon three days after the election in order to be counted. It can also be returned in person to your local registrar’s office or to a secure ballot drop box by 7pm on Election Day.
WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE ABSENTEE?
Any registered voter in Virginia.
Nevada is now a universal vote by mail state, so all registered voters will receive a ballot by mail and no request is necessary. Voted ballots must be received by 7pm on Election Day (if hand delivered), or postmarked by Election Day in order to be counted.
All voters can receive a mail ballot before each Election Day. If you need to update the address you want you ballot mailed to, use the online tool to fill out the Voter Registration Application and update your address. You can sign up to track your mail ballot on your Secretary of State website.
Mail-in absentee voting is available in NC and no excuse is required for registered voters. The last day to request an absentee ballot is 7 days before the election. Your ballot must be received by 7:30pm on Election Day in order to be counted. *Voter registration and absentee voting deadlines and different for military and overseas voters.
Vote-by-Mail (absentee voting) is available in Florida and no excuse is required. The last day to request a vote-by-mail ballot from your local Supervisor of Elections is no later than 5:00 pm, 12 days before the election. Your voted ballot must be mailed or delivered in person to your local Supervisor of Elections’ office no later than 7:00 pm on the day of the election.