Deadline to apply for absentee voting

Posted on Oct 23 2008

All registered voter who will be away from the Northern Marianas on Election Day need to apply to vote by absentee voting in order to receive a ballot on which they could cast their vote, according to the Commonwealth Election Commission.

The Commission said it would only send ballots to those who apply to vote by absentee voting.

Individuals who registered to vote from outside the CNMI and who will be away from the islands on Nov. 4 must still need to apply to vote by absentee voting in order to be provided a ballot that they could cast and return by mail to the Election Commission mailing address.

All requests to vote by absentee voting must be completed and submitted to the Commission by 4:30pm, Chamorro Standard Time, Oct. 25, 2008. Applications to vote by absentee voting may be downloaded and printed at http://www.votecnmi.gov.mp/downloads/absentee ballot.pdf and the application may be sent to the Commission by mail, facsimile, or scanned then emailed to the office.

For more information, call the Commission at 664-VOTE (8683) or by e-mail to cec@votecnmi.gov.mp or infor@votecnmi.gov.mp. [B][I](CEC)[/I][/B]

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