ABSENTEE VOTING HAS
BEGAN FOR THE
April 4, 2023 MILLER COUNTY PRIMARY ELECTION.
Persons eligible to vote absentee – Any registered voter of Miller County may vote by absentee ballot if he expects to be prevented from going to the polls to vote on Election Day due to:
(1) Absence on election day from the jurisdiction of the election authority in which I am directed to vote;
(2) Incapacity or confinement due to illness or physical disability;
(3) Religious belief or practice.
(4) Employment as an election authority or by an election authority at a location other than my polling place;
(5) Incarceration, although I have retained all the necessary qualifications of voting.
Application for an absentee ballot may be made by an applicant in person or by mail, or for the applicant, in person, by his guardian or relative within the second degree by consanguinity or affinity at the County Clerk’s office. Closing day for receiving applications by mail or from guardian or relative in person for the applicant is 5:00 P.M., March 22, 2023. Closing day for receiving applications in person at the County Clerk’s office is 5:00 P.M., April 3, 2023.
Absentee ballots may be mailed or hand carried from the County Clerk’s office by the person voting the absentee or by an absentee team selected by the election authority. Absentee ballots will only be accepted by the election authority when they are hand carried to the County Clerk’s office by the person voting the ballot, the U.S. Postal Service or by a team of deputy election authorities appointed by the County Clerk.
All absentee ballots must be notarized except for any resident of the state of Missouri who resides outsides the boundaries of the United States or who is on active duty with the armed forces of the United States or members of their immediate family living with them or persons who have declared themselves to be permanently disabled pursuant to section 115.284, otherwise entitled to vote, shall not be required to obtain a notary seal or signature on his or her absentee ballot.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this section or section 115.291 to the contrary, the subscription, signature and seal of a notary or other officer authorized to administer oaths that shall not be required on any ballot, ballot envelope, or statement required by this section if the reason for the voter voting absentee is due to illness or physical disability.
Closing day for receiving absentee ballots is 7:00 p.m. April 4, 2023.
Closing day for receiving military ballots is noon, Friday, April 7, 2023.
Verification Board will meet at 9:00 a.m., April 7, 2023.
Certification of Election will be Friday, April 7, 2023.
Clinton A. Jenkins
Miller County Clerk
(seal)
Published March 2, 2023
