Deadline to Request Absentee Ballots Approaches
Early voting is another option for voters who miss Wednesday’s deadline
Registered voters in Rogers County who want to vote by mail absentee ballot in
next Tuesday’s Primary Election will have until this Wednesday at 5:00 p.m. to request
one, County Election Board Secretary Dermody said today.
“If absentee voters miss Wednesday’s deadline, they aren’t out of luck, however,”
Dermody said.
Voters who want to cast absentee ballots still can do so in person at the County
Election Board office on Thursday, October 30th, Friday, October 31st, and Saturday, November 1st. A two-member, bipartisan Absentee Voting Board will be on duty Thursday and Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. to assist absentee voters.
“In-person absentee voters fill out an application form when they get to the office.
They are not required to give any reason for voting absentee,” Dermody said. “They are
required to swear that they have not voted a regular mail absentee ballot and that they
will not vote at their polling place on election day.”
According to Dermody, the Absentee Voting Board verifies a voter’s registration
information. Then, the Board issues all the appropriate ballots to the voter. The voter
marks the ballots in a voting booth and then casts them in the voting device. “It is very
much like voting at a precinct polling place,” said Dermody.
For more information, contact the Rogers County Election Board, located at 415
West 1st Street, Claremore, Oklahoma. Their phone number is (918) 341-2965 .
