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CEC mails 1,377 absentee ballots, 119 more to be sent
The Commonwealth Election Commission mailed yesterday 1,377 absentee ballots and will mail about 119 more tomorrow, Friday, according to CEC administrative officer Kayla Igitol.
Igitol said the ballots that were mailed yesterday are for voters who are in the U.S. mainland, Guam, Switzerland, Canada, and Federated States of Micronesia.
Of the 1,377 absentee ballots mailed, 10 are intended for those on Saipan.
“They are leaving on Saturday. They want to get their ballots before they leave, so they came in and applied for absentee voting,” Igitol said.
The second batch of 119 absentee ballots will be mailed tomorrow, Friday, but Igitol said they don’t know yet where the ballots would go because they are still sorting or processing the ballots.
Igitol said they’re trying to see it they are able to process everything before Friday because the Office of the Public Auditor has a workshop next week and they won’t be able to come down to CEC and inspect the ballots.
Igitol said they will not send out anything next week but mail the next batch tomorrow.
CEC may mail a total of four batches of absentee ballots as Oct. 12 is the deadline for application for absentee voting by electronic/mail.
