Okmulgee County voters have until Feb. 7 to request absentee ballots for the feb. 13 school and Okmulgee municipal elections.
“All applications for absentee ballots must be received by the County Election Board no later than 5 p.m. Wednesday, February 7th, to be processed in time for the election,” said election board secretary Ashley Carnes.
Voters can apply in person at the county election board office or mail their applications, send them in by fax or e-mail. There is an online version of the form that may be filled out and submitted electronically at www.elections.ok.gov.
Any registered voter eligible to vote in the election may vote by absentee ballot without stating a reason, Carnes said, however absentee voters can activate certain special conditions in the following circumstances:
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, fax, e-mail, online or via an agent who is at least 16 years of age and who is not employed by or related within the third degree of consanguinity or affinity to any person whose name appears on the ballot.
Registered voters who are confined to nursing homes in the county may apply by mail, by fax, by e-mail, online or via an agent who is at least 16 years of age and who is not employed by or related within the third degree of consanguinity or affinity to any person whose name appears on the ballot.
Military personnel, residents of Okmulgee County living overseas, and the spouses and dependents of each group may apply only by mail, by fax, or by e-mail. For more information and instructions, military and overseas voters may visit the Federal Voting Assistance Program website: www.fvap.gov/oklahoma.
Carnes said there has been a change in five Okmulgee precincts polling places this year.
The changes include:
Uganda Martyrs Church: Voters who voted at the Uganda Martyrs Church will now vote at the OSU Student Union Building, 1801 E. 4th Street, Okmulgee.
Dunbar Elementary School (Okmulgee Middle School): Voters who voted at the Dunbar Elementary School will now vote at the OSU Student Union Building, 1801 E. 4th Street, Okmulgee.
First Church of the Nazarene: Voters who voted at the Nazarene Church will now vote at the Okmulgee Community Center, 1201 W. 7th Street, Okmulgee.
First Presbyterian Church: Voters who voted at the Presbyterian Church will now vote at the Okmulgee Community Center, 1201 W. 7th Street, Okmulgee.
Okmulgee Eastside School: The Okmulgee Eastside School precinct was split into two precincts. Voters who voted at the Eastside School and who live north of 21st Street and Highway 62 will now vote at the Calvary Baptist Church, 1327 E. 13th Street, Okmulgee.
The voters who voted at the Eastside School and who live south of 21st Street and Highway 62 will now vote at the East Central Electric, 2001 W. 7th Street, Okmulgee.