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WCGreen

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Thu Aug 16, 2012, 10:25 PM Aug 2012

For the people here in Ohio, you can vote by absentee and all you need to do is... [View all]

Follow these easy steps...

To vote by mail is spelled out below.

Here are a details per the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections web site....

How to Vote Vote by Mail / Absentee

Electors do not have to state a reason to request and vote a Vote by Mail / Absentee ballot. However, every application for a Vote by Mail / Absentee ballot must satisfy all the requirements set forth in Ohio Revised Code. The application need not be in any particular form but shall contain the following:
■The elector’s name
■The elector’s signature
■The address at which the elector is registered to vote
■The elector’s date of birth

One of the following:
◦The elector’s driver’s license number;
◦The last four digits of the elector’s social security number;
◦Copy of a current and valid photo identification, a military identification, current utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck or other government document (other than a voter registration notification mailed by a Board of Elections) that shows your name and current address;

■A statement identifying the election for which the absent voter’s ballots are requested;
■A statement that the person requesting the ballot is a qualified elector;
■If the request is for a primary election, the elector’s party affiliation;
■The address to which the ballot shall be mailed if different from registered address


http://boe.cuyahogacounty.us/en-US/vote-by-mail.aspx

This link is for the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. You can find your county board of election by google...

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