Absentee Ballots Available In Texas County Vote

Less than a week remains for registered voters in
Texas
County to apply for
absentee ballots to be mailed to them for the
February 9th
Guymon Annual
School
Elections
, County Election Board Secretary
Glenda Williams
said today.
Applications for absentee ballots must be in the hands of the County Election
Board no later than 5 p.m. on Wednesday,
February 3, 2016
, to be processed.
Any registered voter eligible to vote in the election may vote by absentee ballot
without stating a reason,
Williams
said. Absentee voters may apply in person at the
County Election Board office or may send their applications by mail, fax, or e-mail.
Voters also may apply for absentee ballots for the following reasons:

Registered voters who are physically incapacitated and voters who care for
physically incapacitated persons who cannot be left unattended may apply for
absentee ballots only by mail, fax, e-mail, or via an agent who is at least 16
years of age and who is not employed by or related within the third degree of
consanguinity or affinity to any person whose name appears on the ballot.

Registered voters who are confined to nursing homes in the county may apply
by mail, by fax, by e-mail, or via an agent who is at least 16 years of age and
who is not employed by or related within the third degree of consanguinity or
affinity to any person whose name appears on the ballot.

Military personnel, residents of
Texas
County living overseas, and the spouses
and dependents of each group may apply only by mail, by fax, or by e-mail.
For more information and instructions, military and overseas voters may visit
the Federal Voting Assistance Program website:
www.fvap.gov/oklahoma
.
For more information on absentee voting, contact the County Election Board at
301 N. Main St, Guymon
. The telephone number is
580-338-7644
. The County Election
Board s fax number is
580-338-2618
.
For additional election-related information, visit:
www.elections.ok.gov
.