how do i vote with an absentee ballot?
Visit your county voter registration office, complete an application, and cast your ballot. I lost my voter registration card. What should I do? To get a replacement for a lost voter registration card, contact your local county board of voter registration. If you can’t manage to get your card replaced, a valid South Carolina driver’s license can be used as proof of identity at your local precinct. Please note, the address on your license must match the address on your voter registration. If they don’t match, you may be required to cast a fail-safe ballot. I moved in the past year. Can I vote in my new county? Only if you have registered in your new county. If you have moved in the past 30 days, you can return to your old precinct to vote, or you can go to your county election office, change your registration and vote. Do I have to be at least 18 to vote in the primary? No. You can be 17, as long as you turn 18 on or before the general election. If you haven’t already registered, it’s t
Applications for absentee ballots can be obtained at the River Forest Public Library, the Village Township Clerk’s office (in the Community Center), in the offices at Lincoln, Willard and Roosevelt, and online, at www.voterinfonet.com (click on ‘Vote’). The actual ballot will be sent to the applicant once the application is received. Absentee ballots must be postmarked by March 20, 2006 in order to count in the election. Your vote counts! Please vote “YES” for the referendum on March 21, 2006.
If you are applying for the absentee ballot in person, you may immediately vote your absentee ballot in the election authority’s office. If you mailed the application, you will be mailed an absentee ballot. Vote the ballot in secret and insert the ballot in the envelope provided. Sign the certification on the back and personally return it or mail it as instructed. You may also authorize, in writing, a spouse, parent, child, sibling or licensed motor carrier to deliver the ballot.
