Absentee voters urged to make Nov. 2 deadline
Absentee voters urged to make Nov. 2 deadline
Tim Leeds
People taking advantage of early voting with absentee ballots are being urged by the Hill County clerk and recorder to make the Election Day deadline to be certain their votes are counted.
“We need to get the word out to the voters who have not returned (their absentee ballots) that they need to do so by 8 p. m, November 2, ” Clerk and Recorder Darla Dahl said. “Not postmarked by then, but in our office. ”
Ballots with an earlier postmark that are not in the office by the Election Day deadline will not be counted.
In a growing trend, the Hill County Clerk and Recorder’s Office has issued 1,781 absentee ballots as of Monday, with more going out as the election proceeds.
That is down from the record amount during the 2008 election, which included the presidential race and a massive get-out-and-vote drive.
This year’s amount already has surpassed the number in the 2006 election, which topped out at 1,692 in Hill County.
Clerks and recorders around the state continue to push for allowing a mail-in ballot in all elections. Mail in ballots now only are allowed in city elections. The push to allow mail-in ballots on all elections also continues from the Hill County Clerk and Recorder’s Office, where Dahl’s predecessor, Diane Mellem, was long a champion of the idea.
People still can go to their clerk and recorder this year to obtain an absentee ballot, which then must be either mailed in dropped off prior to the 8 p. m. deadline next Tuesday.
The deadline to obtain an absentee ballot is noon Monday, the day before Election Day.
That also is the deadline for the first phase of late registration, although voters also can register late at the clerk and recorder’s office all day Election Day.
In late registration, the voter is given a ballot and completes it in the clerk and recorder’s office immediately after the registration and ballot is issued.
People taking advantage of early voting with absentee ballots are being urged by the Hill County clerk and recorder to make the Election Day deadline to be certain their votes are counted.
“We need to get the word out to the voters who have not returned (their absentee ballots) that they need to do so by 8 p. m, November 2, ” Clerk and Recorder Darla Dahl said. “Not postmarked by then, but in our office. ”
Ballots with an earlier postmark that are not in the office by the Election Day deadline will not be counted.
In a growing trend, the Hill County Clerk and Recorder’s Office has issued 1,781 absentee ballots as of Monday, with more going out as the election proceeds.
That is down from the record amount during the 2008 election, which included the presidential race and a massive get-out-and-vote drive.
This year’s amount already has surpassed the number in the 2006 election, which topped out at 1,692 in Hill County.
Clerks and recorders around the state continue to push for allowing a mail-in ballot in all elections. Mail in ballots now only are allowed in city elections. The push to allow mail-in ballots on all elections also continues from the Hill County Clerk and Recorder’s Office, where Dahl’s predecessor, Diane Mellem, was long a champion of the idea.
People still can go to their clerk and recorder this year to obtain an absentee ballot, which then must be either mailed in dropped off prior to the 8 p. m. deadline next Tuesday.
The deadline to obtain an absentee ballot is noon Monday, the day before Election Day.
That also is the deadline for the first phase of late registration, although voters also can register late at the clerk and recorder’s office all day Election Day.
In late registration, the voter is given a ballot and completes it in the clerk and recorder’s office immediately after the registration and ballot is issued.
