How to vote absentee

Residents who wish to vote by absentee ballot in the June 10 local and state primaries have two weeks to cast their ballots.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? There are many reasons why a registered voter may be eligible to vote absentee. If you'll be outside the county on Election Day, you qualify. Others who qualify: residents who are 65 and older; members of the Armed Services on active duty and their spouses; people on disability; people working during the entire time the polls will be open; those attending to the sick or disabled; jurors; hospital patients; people with deaths in the family; jail inmates awaiting trial; those who cannot vote on Saturday because of their religion; and poll workers.

HOW IT WORKS:

IN PERSON * Go to Hilton Head Island Town Hall, 1 Town Center Court, or to the Beaufort County Voter Registration Office at 15 John Galt Road in Beaufort between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. * Fill out an application and cast your ballot. * Deadline: June 9.

BY MAIL * Contact the voter registration office at 843-470-3751 or 866-851-8683 to request an application by mail or fax. * Complete the application and return it by 5 p.m. June 6. * You will then be mailed an absentee ballot. Vote according to the ballot instructions and return it by 7 p.m. on the day of the primary either by mail or in person. * If hand delivered by someone other than yourself (and besides the postal service), you must complete a written authorization for that person to deliver the ballot. Paid campaign workers who are not relatives of the voter are not eligible to provide that service.

FOR MORE INFORMATION www.scvotes.org www.bcgov.net/voterreg