Less than a week remains for registered voters in Rogers County to apply for absentee ballots to be mailed to them for the November 12 Northwest Fire District Special Election – Proposition, Catoosa Public Schools ISD #2 Special Election – Proposition 1 and 2; and City of Tulsa Special Election – for Mayor, for City Auditor and Proposition 1 and 2, County Election Board Secretary Julie Dermody said today.
Applications for absentee ballots must be in the hands of the
County Election Board no later than 5 p.m. on Wednesday, October 2nd, to be processed.
Any registered voter eligible to vote in the election may vote
by absentee ballot without stating a reason, Dermody said.
Absentee voters may apply in person at the County Election Board
office or they may send their applications by mail, or by fax.
Voters also may apply for absentee ballots for the following
reasons:
— Registered voters who are physically incapacitated and
voters who care for physically incapacitated persons who cannot
be left unattended may apply for absentee ballots only by mail, or by fax.
— Registered voters who are confined to nursing homes in the
county may apply only by mail, or by fax.
— Military personnel, residents of Rogers County
living overseas and the spouses and dependents of each group are entitled to vote without being registered.
They may apply only by mail, e-mail or by fax.
For more information on absentee voting, contact the Rogers County Election Board at 415 West 1st Street, Claremore, Oklahoma 74017.
The telephone number is 918-341-2965. The County Election Board’s fax number is 918-341-4666.
Information on absentee voting in Oklahoma also may be found
on the Internet at www.rogerscountyelectionboard.org or www.elections.ok.gov.
