Vote by Mail (Absentee Voting)

CLICK HERE FOR AN ABSENTEE BALLOT APPLICATION

 

Absentee Voting in Georgia is now open to anyone who wishes to vote before the scheduled Primary, Election or runoff Day. Any elector may within 78 days prior to the date of the primary, election, or runoff apply for an absentee ballot of the elector's precinct by mail, fax, electronic transmission, or in person at the Board of Elections and Registration Office without providing a reason for such application. The application must

  • Be in writing
  • Provide proper identification of the elector
  • Show the permanent or temporary address of the elector to which the absentee ballot is to be mailed
  • Specify the primary, election, or runoff the elector wishes to vote
  • Provide the name and relationship of the person requesting the ballot if other than the elector

If the elector is unable to fill out or sign the application because of illiteracy of physical disability, the elector must make such elector's mark, and the person filling in the rest of the application shall sign his or her name below it as a witness.

Electors 65 years or age or older or disabled may request in writing one application for a

  • a primary ballot
  • a primary runoff ballot 
  • a ballot for the following general election
  • a ballot for any runoff resulting from the general election.

Except in the case of physically disabled electors residing in Madison County, no absentee ballot will be mailed to an address other than the permanent mailing address of the elector as recorded on the elector’s voter registration record or a temporary out-of-county address.

  • Any elector may apply for a ballot for a relative who is disabled or out of town, but that ballot will be MAILED directly to the relative.
  • Relatives applying for absentee ballots for electors must also sign an oath stating the facts in the application are true.

Requesting an absentee ballot

By Mail: Board of Elections and Registration, P.O. Box 328, Danielsville, Ga. 30633-0328

By Fax: (706)795-2233

By Email: tdean@madisonco.us

Voting an Absentee Ballot

When the elector has completed the ballot, it may be delivered by the elector in person or mailed to the Madison County Board of Elections and Registration.

If an elector delivers the absentee ballot to the Board of Elections and Registration in person during the period when early voting is permitted, the elector may leave the completed ballot with the ballot clerk or request the ballot be cancelled and cast his or her ballot using the Ballot Marking Device mandated by the SOS.

 

Absentee ballots must be received by the office of the Board of Elections and Registration by 7:00 P.M. (close of the polls) on the primary, election or runoff day in order to be counted. 

 

Electors Residing Outside the United States

Under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA), U.S citizens, as defined below, may register and vote absentee in elections for Federal office. These groups include:

  • Members of the Uniformed Services (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and Merchant Marine)
  • Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service, and Commissioned Corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  • Eligible family members of the above
  • U.S. citizens employed by the Federal Government residing outside the U.S., and 
  • All other private U.S. citizens residing outside the U.S.

The Federal Post Card Application (FPCA) registers you to vote and requests absentee ballots for all primaries, runoffs, and general elections involving Federal candidates, and any other elections for which you are eligible. Even if you are already registered to vote, you should use the FPCA to request absentee ballots.

To obtain your FPCA please go to www.fvap.gov

You must complete, sign, and submit the form as follows:

  • Email (attachment): madisonUOCAVA@madisonco.us
  • Fax: (706)795-2233 
  • U.S. mail: The Board of Elections and Registration, P.O. Box 328, Danielsville, GA 30633-0328

Challenge of Persons Voting Absentee Ballots

Any elector in the county may challenge the right of any other elector of the county, whose name appears on the list of electors to vote an absentee ballot if such elector cast an absentee ballot prior to 5:00 PM on the day before the election.

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