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Linda Marcial, Director
Faith Lyon, Deputy Director
- Uniformed services voters and overseas voters eligible to
vote under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting
Act (UOCAVA): 45 days before an election
- For all other voters: 35 days before an election
NOTE: Beginning January 1, 2012, or 90 days before the date of
an election, whichever is earlier, you may mail your properly
completed absentee ballot application to the board of elections
office.
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Once absentee ballots are available for
voting, any eligible voter may receive and return an absentee
ballot:
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- By U.S. Mail: Portage County Board of Elections, 449 S. Meridian St., Room
101, Ravenna, OH 44266
- In person at the county Board of Elections office
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For your absentee ballot to be counted,
it must be received as follows:
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- If you are a voter within the U.S. and you return your
ballot by mail, the return envelope containing your marked
ballot must either be received by the board of elections prior
to the close of polls on Election Day, or postmarked* no later
than the day before the election and received by the board of
elections no later than 10 days after the election.
- If you are a voter outside the U.S. on Election Day, the
return envelope containing your marked ballot must be received
by the board of elections not later than 10 days after a
special, primary or general election or not later than 20 days
after a presidential primary election.
- If your ballot is returned in person to the board of
elections office, your marked ballot must be sealed in the
completed and signed identification envelope provided with the
ballot and delivered to your county board of elections office no
later than 7:30 p.m., the close of polls, on Election Day
(*“Postmarked” does not include a date marked by a postage
evidence system, such as a postage meter. Therefore, the return
envelope must bear a valid postage cancellation stamp affixed by
the U.S. Postal Service.)
Last Modified:
January 18, 2012 - Web Services by:
Department of
Information Technologies:
webmaster@portageco.com
Copyright 2011
Portage County, Ohio. All rights reserved.
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