Early Voting Information
for 2009 Special Election
VOTE BY MAIL/TRAVELING BOARD
Absentee Ballot Applications for Nov. 3, 2009 Special Election
Absentee Application
Absentee Application (En Espanol)
To download an application for absentee ballot, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader. To request an application be mailed to you, please call the Marion County Election Board at (317) 327-VOTE.
Deadline to submit an application to vote by mail is midnight, Monday, October 26. Deadline to return an absentee ballot is 6 p.m., Tuesday, November 3. Applications and ballots postmarked by their deadline but received by the Election Board after cannot be processed.
Deadline to submit an application for traveling board is noon, Monday, November 2.
eARLY, IN-PERSON VOTING
Clerk's Office
200 E. Washington St., W-122
Begins: Monday, October 5
Ends: Sunday, November 1
Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday
Weekend Hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday, October 24; Sunday, October 25
Saturday, October 31; Sunday, November 1
Extended Weekday Hours:
8 a.m. to 7 p.m., week of October 26 -30 ONLY
Satellite Locations
OPEN Sat., 10/24 to Sun, 11/1 ONLY
Near West:
HealthPlex, 860 W. 10th St.
Northeast:
Devington Plaza, 6004 E. 46th St.
South:
Beech Grove Community/Tech Center, 5249 Hornet Ave
Weekend Hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday, October 25; Sunday, October 26
Saturday, October 31; Sunday, November 1
Weekday Hours: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
LAST DAY FOR EARLY VOTING FOR THE
2009 SPECIAL ELECTION IS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1
To absentee vote by mail, you can request an application from the Marion County Election Board or download an Application for Absentee Ballot online 90 days before an election. Absentee ballot requests must be submitted in every election; applications are not kept on file for civilian voters. When you have completed and returned the application, a ballot will be mailed to you once they are legally available.
The qualifications for receiving an absentee ballot by mail are:
- I am unable to get to the polls because I am confined or are a caretaker for a confined voter.
- I have election day duties in a precinct other than my own.
- I am 65 years or older.
- I expect to be absent from the county on election day.
- I am a voter with disabilities.
- I am an absent uniformed services voter or an overseas voter.
- I am scheduled to work at my regular place of employment during the entire 12 hours that the polls are open.
To absentee vote by traveling board, you must request an absentee ballot application from the Marion County Election Board and choose Option "C." Upon receipt of your application, the Election Board will contact you to schedule a time for the traveling board to visit your residence.
Any Marion County voter can choose to vote early in the Clerk's office. Traditionally, early voting begins 29 days before any election. State law does allow county Election Boards to modify the early voting period for special elections like the upcoming November 3 special election. Voters must complete an absentee ballot application onsite and present it along with a valid, government-issued photo ID card. When the application is approved, voters are given a ballot to complete. The ballot is sealed in an envelope and delivered to their precinct on Election Day.
Absentee rules differ for military and overseas voters. Follow this link for more information.
For information regarding absentee voting, please call (317) 327-VOTE, email elections@indy.gov or write to:
Marion County Election Board
200 E. Washington St., Suite W-144
Indianapolis, IN 46204
(317) 327-4815 (fax)