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Absentee Voting: 2008 General Elections

OSSA wants to encourage students to perform their civic duty by taking part in the electoral process this November in the highly important mid-term elections. Out-of-state students may vote in their home districts by applying to receive an absentee ballot. Each state has its own rules for the absentee voting process. Find yours below to get more information direct from the source:

Alabama

http://www.sos.state.al.us/election/absentee/index.aspx

Alaska

http://ltgov.state.ak.us/elections/abinfo.php

Arizona

http://www.azsos.gov/election/county.htm

Arkansas

http://www.sosweb.state.ar.us/elections_voter_arkansas_absentee.html

California

http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/elections_m.htm

Colorado

[Direct link to PDF] http://www.elections.colorado.gov/admin/LogReportingManagement/LinkClick.aspx?table=
Links&field=ItemID&id=488&link=Clerks+Corner%2fSOS+Approved+Forms%2fAbsentee+
Ballot+Application+-+English.pdf

Connecticut

http://www.sots.ct.gov/ElectionsServices/absentee.html

Delaware

http://www.state.de.us/election/services/voter/absenteeballot.shtml

Florida

http://election.dos.state.fl.us/absenteevoting.shtml

Georgia

http://www.sos.state.ga.us/elections/elections/voter_information/absentee.htm

Hawaii

http://www.hawaii.gov/elections/voters/voteabsentee.htm

Idaho

http://www.idahovotes.gov/VoterReg/ABSENTEE.HTM

Illinois

[Direct link to PDF]
http://www.elections.state.il.us/Downloads/ElectionInformation/PDF/absevote.pdf

Indiana

[Direct link to PDF]
http://www.in.gov/sos/pdfs/abs-1.pdf

Iowa

http://www.sos.state.ia.us/elections/AbsenteeBallot/index.html

Kansas

http://www.kssos.org/elections/elections_registration_voting.html

Kentucky

http://elect.ky.gov/registrationinfo/absenteeballot.htm

Louisiana

http://www.sec.state.la.us/elections/elect-absentee.htm

Maine

http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/absent.htm

Maryland

http://www.elections.state.md.us/registered_voters/absentee_ballot.html

Massachusetts

http://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eleifv/howabs.htm

Michigan

http://www.michigan.gov/sos/0,1607,7-127-1633_8716_8728-21037--,00.html

Minnesota

[Direct link to PDF]
http://www.sos.state.mn.us/docs/elect101.pdf

Mississippi

http://www.sos.state.ms.us/elections/voterinfoguide.asp

Missouri

http://www.sos.mo.gov/elections/s_default.asp?id=absentee

Montana

http://sos.mt.gov/ELB/Voter_Information.asp#absentee

Nebraska

http://www.sos.state.ne.us/elec/early_vote.html

Nevada

http://www.easyvoter.org/nevada/howtovote/3d.html

New Hampshire

[Direct link to Word document]
http://www.sos.nh.gov/college%20student%20letter.doc

New Jersey

http://www.state.nj.us/lps/elections/absentee_doe.html

New Mexico

http://www.sos.state.nm.us/Main/Elections/Clerks.htm

New York

http://www.elections.state.ny.us/portal/page?_pageid=35,1,35_8336:35_8356&_dad=
portal&_schema=PORTAL#absenteeform

North Dakota

http://www.nd.gov/sos/electvote/voting/voting-absentee.html

Ohio

http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/PublicAffairs/VoterInfoGuide.aspx?Section=16

Oklahoma

http://www.state.ok.us/~elections/absentee.html

Oregon

http://www.sos.state.or.us/executive/votebymail.htm

Pennsylvania

http://www.dos.state.pa.us/voting/cwp/view.asp?a=1193&q=442991&votingNav=|

Rhode Island

http://www.elections.state.ri.us/mailvote.htm

South Carolina

http://www.state.sc.us/scsec/absent.htm

South Dakota

http://www.sdsos.gov/electionsvoteregistration/registrationvoting.shtm#absentee

Tennessee

http://state.tn.us/sos/election/absentee.htm

Texas

http://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/voter/earlyvoting.shtml

Utah

http://elections.utah.gov/absenteevoting.html

Vermont

http://vermont-elections.org/elections1/absentee.html

Virginia

http://www.sbe.state.va.us/cms/Absentee_Voting/Index.html
#How%20Do%20I%20Apply%20for%20an%20Absentee%20Ballot

Washington

http://www.secstate.wa.gov/elections/faq_vote_by_mail.aspx

Washington, D.C.

http://www.dcboee.org/serv/Download_index.shtm

West Virginia

http://www.wvsos.com/elections/voters/absenteemethods.htm

Wisconsin

http://elections.state.wi.us/faq_detail.asp?faqid=120&fid=27&locid47&linkid=

Wyoming

Please contact your county clerk: http://soswy.state.wy.us/election/clerks.htm