BOARD OF ELECTIONS

How to request an absentee ballot by mail....  

         

Rowan County registered voters who are unable to go to a One-Stop Absentee Voting Site during the early voting period and who are unable to go to their polling place on Election Day because of work, disability, school, etc. can request that a ballot be mailed to their home or current residence.  This can be done for any election, however, as always, the request must be in writing.

Requests for absentee ballots must be mailed to the Rowan County Board of Elections: 130 West Innes Street, Salisbury, NC 28144. Below is the information that will be needed in order to process a request for an absentee ballot by mail.  This information can be hand written (or typed) on plain paper by the person requesting the ballot or by an immediate relative*.  Please print all requests clearly, an illegible request may delay the processing of your absentee ballot.

• The printed first and last name of the person requesting ballot – please list the name as it appears on the voters registration
• The date of birth of the person requesting ballot
• The address that the ballot is to be mailed to (this address does not have to be person’s home address)

• The signature of the person requesting the ballot, or signature of the near relative, stating relation to voter

  *Near relatives that are approved by the State Board of Elections are as follows:

Parent	Child
Mother-in-law	Father-in-law
Son-in-law	Daughter-in-law
Brother	Sister
Grandparent	Grandchild
Spouse	Legal guardian
Step-child	Step-parent

• Absentee applications can be made in person by an approved family member (approved list in table above) at the Rowan County Board of Elections for voters that cannot go to the polls, however, the absentee ballot must still be mailed to voter.
  
• All voted absentee ballots must be received by the Rowan County Board of Elections by 5:00 p.m. on the Monday before the Election.  (The deadline for receiving Military and/or Civilian Overseas Absentee Ballots is extended to 7:30 p.m. on Election Day, however, according to State Law, if this type of absentee ballot is received after the first deadline (Monday before the election), only the Presidental and Vice Presidential races will be counted.)
  
• All absentee ballots will be mailed to the address listed on the absentee ballot request and will include the following items:

1. Official Ballot
2. Instructions on how to vote ballot and complete enclosed materials
3. Self Addressed Return envelope - for ballot only!  (Do NOT enclose any other document(s) inside this envelope).  The information on the back of this envelope must be completed and each absentee voter must have a witness sign, date and supply their information in the space provided.