Hospitalized Absentee Voting Begins Today

Today is the first day for hospitalized voters to have an absentee ballot delivered to them in the hospital. This process is available until 5 p.m. on Election Day.

Hospitalized voters can initiate the process by appointing an agent and requesting a hospitalized absentee ballot.

The agent delivers the absentee request to the Clerk’s Office and presents both the agent’s ID and a copy of the voter’s ID. If the voter needs to register or update their registration, the agent brings the Clerk’s Office a voter registration application and proof of the voter’s address.

The agent delivers the ballot to the voter at the hospital. Once the voter has marked their ballot and completed the certificate envelope, the agent brings the absentee back to the Clerk’s Office. All absentee ballots are sent to the polls to be counted on Election Day.

“Voting is one of our most important democratic responsibilities and rights,” said Mayor Rhodes-Conway. “Especially in the current climate of efforts to restrict the ability to vote, it’s important that we all exercise the fundamental rights that generations of Americans fought so hard to attain.”

The goal of the City Clerk’s Office is that each eligible voter will be able to cast a ballot and have that ballot counted.