Registered voters in Logan county who become physically incapacitated after 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 17, won’t have to miss the June 24 Primary Election, County Election Board Secretary Erin Dorio said today.
Dorio explained that state law permits registered voters who will be unable to go to the polls because they became incapacitated after 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 14, to vote on an emergency basis. “Physical incapacitation” includes a variety of conditions—injury, illness, childbirth—that prevent a person from voting in person at the polls on election day.
Aside from unplanned emergencies, “state law also allows a registered voter who is physically incapacitated on an ongoing bases or a person who is charged with the care of a physically incapacitated person who cannot be left unattended to submit an application for absentee ballot by an agent,” the county election secretary said.
The agent may be any person of the voter’s choosing 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. Also, a person may serve as an agent for only one person at any election, Dorio explained.
“If you think that you or someone you know fits into this category, please contact the Logan County Election Board office at 405-282-1900 as soon as possible for more information,” Dorio said.
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