Absentee Ballots Available

For Referendum Voting

Town Clerk Debbie Aurelia has announced that absentee ballots are available for the April 27 budget referendum at the town clerk’s office during office hours, Monday through Friday, 8 am to 4:30 pm. The town clerk has also scheduled special hours on Saturday, April 24, from 9 am to noon for the sole purpose of absentee ballot voting on the budget question.  

Any qualified person who meets any of the following criteria may vote by absentee ballot: 1) active service in the Armed Forces, 2) absence from the town during all the hours of voting, 3) illness, 4) physical disability, 5) religious tenets that forbid secular activity on the day of the referendum, or 6) duties as a referendum official at a polling place other than your own during all the hours of voting.

You may obtain an absentee ballot by applying at the town clerk’s office in person or designating one of the following to be your designee:  1) a person caring for you because of your illness, including but not limited to a licensed physician or a registered practical nurse, 2) a member of your family, 3) a police officer in the municipality in which you reside, or 4) a registrar of voters or deputy registrar of voters in the municipality in which you reside. Absentee ballots can be returned in person to the town clerk by 4:30 pm Monday, April 26, or by mail or designee before the closing of the polls at 8 pm on referendum day.

If you have any questions, contact the town clerk’s office at 203-270-4210.