Less than a Week Remains to Apply for Absentee Ballots

            Less than a week remains for registered voters in Roger Mills County to apply for absentee ballots to be mailed to them for the November 7 General Election, County Election Board Secretary Donna L. Eakins said today.

            Applications for absentee ballots must be in the hands of the County Election Board no later than 5 p.m. on Wednesday, November 1, in order to be processed.

            Any registered voter eligible to vote in the election may vote by absentee ballot without stating a reason, Eakins  said. Absentee voters may apply in person at the County Election Board office as well as by mail, by fax, or by telegraph.

            Voters also may apply for absentee ballots for the following reasons:

• Registered voters who are physically incapacitated and voters who care for physically incapacitated persons who cannot be left unattended may apply for absentee ballots only by mail, by fax, or by telegraph.

• Registered voters who are confined to nursing homes in the county may apply only by mail, by fax, or by telegraph.

• Military personnel, residents of Roger Mills County living overseas and the spouses and dependents of each group are entitled to vote without being registered. They may apply only by mail or by fax.