KALAMAZOO/CALHOUN COUNTIES (WKZO AM/FM) — Local County Clerks are reminding eligible voters that absentee ballots are still available if you qualify.
If you are going be out of town on Election Day, are disabled and can’t get to the polls, or have a religious belief that prevents you from voting at a poll on that Tuesday, you qualify.
Anyone over 60 also qualifies for an absentee ballot.
Kalamazoo County Clerk Tim Snow says it’s a very popular way to vote…in fact he expects the state will set a new record by Election Night.
He says they have already mailed out 25,000 Absentee Ballots and a million have been mailed out statewide.
Voters can either obtain a ballot through the mail, or pick one up at a clerk’s office, or just vote while they are there, and save the postage.
They will remain available until the day before the election and must be returned by 8pm Tuesday when polls close.
