This application must be either mailed, hand delivered or Faxed to our office. Send by mail completed absentee applications to: Hanover County Electoral
Board If you are using an express service like Federal Express, DHL, or United Parcel Service (UPS) use the following address: Hanover County Electoral
Board Our FAX number is (804)
365-6078. It can be e-mailed if the application can be
scanned, converted to a Adobe Acrobat (pdf) file and added as an e-mail
attachment. For regular non interactive form click here: Regular Absentee Form To download an Adobe Acrobat
Reader to read
REGULAR APPLICATIONS To vote absentee you must first apply to vote absentee. The application shall be on a form provided by us, however, the form may be photocopied if more copies are needed. These forms are available at all County libraries and at the office of the General Registrar. You may also call (804) 365-6080 and ask for an application, e-mail the request to the office or download by clicking on the hyperlink above. For the November 4, 2008 General Election the application must be received by mail no later than 4:30 p.m. Tuesday*, October 28, 2008 and in person by 5:00 p.m., Saturday, November 1, 2008. Applications may also be sent and returned by FAX. Our FAX number is (804) 365-6078. FAX'ed applications have the same deadline as applications which have been mailed to us. *NOTE: The absentee application deadline by mail has been moved from the Thursday before an election to the Tuesday before an election to allow sufficient time for the voter to receive the ballot and return the voted ballot in time for the election. POWER OF ATTORNEY IS NOT ACCEPTABLE FOR ANY ELECTION DOCUMENT! EMERGENCY ABSENTEE APPLICATIONS Those qualified who on or after the seventh day prior to an election become incapacitated or become hospitalized on or after the fourteenth day preceding an election and unable because if his condition to request an absentee ballot earlier than the seventh day preceding an election may request an emergency ballot any time before 2:00 p.m. on the day before an election. For election purposes "incapacitated" means hospitalized, ill and confined to his residence, bereaved by the death of a spouse, child, or parent, or otherwise incapacitated by an emergency which is found by the Electoral Board to justify providing an absentee application. BUSINESS EMERGENCIES Any person registered and otherwise qualified to vote who becomes obligated after 12:00 noon on the Saturday, November 1, 2008) before an election to be absent from his city or county on election day for a purpose pertaining to his business, profession, or occupation may apply for an absentee ballot and vote absentee in person pursuant to 24.2-705.1 and subject to the following conditions. 1. The applicant applies in person for an absentee ballot on the Monday (November 3, 2008) immediately preceding the election, before 2:00 p.m., at the principal office of the general registrar, and 2. The applicant signs a statement, which shall be deemed part of his absentee ballot application and subject to felony penalties, that he is required to leave the county or city before the opening of the polls on election day for a purpose pertaining to his business, profession, or occupation and that he did not have notice or knowledge of such required travel prior to 12:00 noon on the immediately preceding Saturday. The following is from the State Board of Election page on absentee voting Absentee voting provides a means for qualified
voters to participate in upcoming elections even though they may not be able to go to the
polls on election day. Absentee voting in person begins approximately 45 days before a
November General Election and approximately 30 days before other elections and ends at
5:00 p.m. on the Saturday before the election. 2. Any person who is (i) a member of a uniformed service of the United States, as defined in 42 U.S.C. § 1973ff-6(7), on active duty, or (ii) a member of the merchant marine of the United States, or (iii) regularly employed in a business, profession or occupation outside the continental limits of the United States, or (iv) the spouse or dependent residing with any person listed in (i), (ii), or (iii), and who will be absent on the day of the election from the county or city in which he is entitled to vote; 3. Any student attending a school or institution of learning, or his spouse, who will be absent on the day of election from the county or city in which he is entitled to vote; 4. Any person who is unable to go in person to the polls on the day of election because of a physical disability or physical illness; 5. Any person who is confined while awaiting trial or for having been convicted of a misdemeanor, provided that the trial or release date is scheduled on or after the third day preceding the election. 6. Any person who is awaiting trial and is a resident of the county or city where he is confined shall, on his request, be taken to the polls to vote on election day if his trial date is postponed and he did not have an opportunity to vote absentee; 7. Any person who is a member of an electoral board, registrar, officer of election, or custodian of voting equipment; 8. Any duly registered person who is unable to go in person to the polls on the day of the election because he is primarily and personally responsible for the care of an ill or disabled family member who is confined at home; or 9. Any duly registered person who is unable to go in person to the polls on the day of the election because of an obligation occasioned by his religion. 10. Any person who, in the regular
and orderly course of his business, profession, or occupation, will
be at his place of work for elevem or more hours of the thirteen hours
that the polls are open persuant to 24.2-603. |
