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Won't be around for May 17 election day?
Consider voting an absentee ballot |
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April 5, 2016 |
Not going to be around for the upcoming May 17
Idaho Statewide Primary Election?
You might have a family vacation, a business
trip, or a hunting excursion to Alaska coming
up. Or you may be living away from Boundary
County for school, work, or other temporary
absence. If you will be away from your home in
Boundary County for any reason on the day of the
vote, or if you just can't make it to the polls
that day, you can still exercise your voting
privilege, right, and responsibility.
You can vote via Absentee Ballot.
At the last General Election of November 2014,
around 800 Boundary County residents voted by
absentee ballot, making up approximately 23% of
all votes cast in the County for that election.
 And you won't want to miss the upcoming May 17
election. The Presidential Primaries for Idaho
Democrats, Republicans, and the Constitution
Party have all been completed. Next up, the May
17 Primary will provide the opportunity to vote
on the candidates you want to run in the General
Election coming up in November.
The May 17 election includes voting for Idaho
Statewide offices, such as U.S. Senator and
Representatives to Congress, a Supreme Court
Justice, and Idaho State legislators.
But that's not all, the May 17 election will
also provide the opportunity for voters to
select candidates for local Boundary County
offices, including who will run in the November
election for County Commissioner, Sheriff,
Prosecuting Attorney, and local party precinct
committeemen / women.
In Idaho, any registered voter may request an
absentee ballot. The request can be made in
person at the office of the County Clerk (in the
Boundary County Courthouse) on Monday through
Friday from 9:00 a.m. till 4:45 p.m., or a
request can be filled out and submitted to the
County Clerk by mail.
The form to request an absentee ballot can be
obtained online by
clicking here.
Applications for an absentee ballot can be
returned to the County Clerk's office in person,
or can be mailed in. If a voter is living
outside the county, and wishes to receive an
absentee ballot, they should submit their
application for an absentee ballot allowing
ample mail time prior to the election.
Those voting with absentee ballots must get
their ballots in to the County Clerk's office,
whether in person or by mail, by 8:00 p.m. on
election day.
"A person can also walk into the County Clerk's
office and vote an absentee ballot prior to the
election," said Boundary County Clerk Glenda
Poston. Absentee ballots that are voted and
received before the election are held and
counted on election night along with all other
ballots cast in the county.
So, all of you Boundary County
• College students
• People working in North Dakota or elsewhere
• World travelers
• Temporary expatriates
• Or if you just can't make it to the polls on
election day . . .
Consider an absentee ballot.
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