Absentee Ballots

Purpose
To provide those qualified voters of the Town of Ocean View who are unable to appear at a municipal election with the ability to cast a ballot to be counted in the total for the municipal election.

Reasons for casting absentee ballot
Any qualified voter of the Town of Ocean View who shall be unable to appear to cast his ballot at any municipal election at the regular polling place in the Town of Ocean View for any of the following reasons shall be entitled to cast an absentee ballot and to have his vote counted because such person:

1. is in the public service of the United States or of this state.
2. will be unavoidably absent on the day of election.
3. is sick or has a physical disability.
4. is absent while on vacation.
5. is unable to vote at a certain time or on a certain day because of the tenets or teachings of his religion.

Request for ballot
A voter desiring to vote by absentee ballot in an election for which the voter is a qualified voter may request an absentee ballot from the Town of Ocean View where the voter is qualified to vote by filing a written affidavit with the Town no later than 12:00 noon on the day before the election.

Affidavits for absentee ballots
An affidavit may be filed pursuant to this section by mailing it, delivering it, or causing it to be delivered to the municipality where the elector is qualified to vote.

Delivery of absentee ballots
For an absentee ballot to be counted, the voter shall return the marked ballot to the Town before the polls close on the day of the election.