Absentee voting is available if you meet any of the criteria below. Voted ballots must be received by Election Day in order to be counted.
- You determine that you are unable to appear at your polling place on Election Day because you will be absent from the city or town in which you live
- You are an active member of the armed forces of the United States
- You or someone you care for is sick
- The term “sickness” is determined by the individual voter and includes identified and widespread diseases such as COVID-19 which poses a risk to a voter’s health.
- You are unable to appear at the polling location or may only be able to appear with the assistance of another or through great personal exertion.
- Religion tenets that forbid secular activity on Election Day
- Your required performance of duties as a primary, referendum, or election official at a polling place other than your own during all the hours on Election Day
You can fill out an absentee ballot request here.
You may vote absentee beginning 31 days before a general election, 21 days before a primary, 19 days before a referendum.
The sealed marked ballot and signed outer envelope must reach the town clerk’s office before the close of the polls on Election Day.
If you have an emergency (are suddenly ill, injured or hospitalized) within 6 days of an election, you may request an emergency absentee ballot. Contact your town clerk’s office for more information.
If you have submitted your executed ballot to the Town Clerk, and you change your mind and want to vote in person at the polls, you have until 10 AM on Election Day to appear at the Town Clerk’s office to withdraw your ballot.
Overseas citizens and U.S. military personnel can register to vote and request an absentee ballot at the Overseas Vote Foundation.
