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Absentee voting now open in Jessamine

October 01, 2010|By Mike Moore | mmoore@jessaminejournal.com

With the general election less than five weeks away, the Jessamine County clerk’s office is urging voters who will not be in town on Nov. 2 to submit absentee ballots.

“All they have to do is call us and request it,” County Clerk Eva McDaniel said. “We'll send them out a request form, and when we get that back, we'll send them out a ballot.”

During election season, McDaniel said her office deals with about 1,000 absentee ballots, 500 of which are mailed in and 400-500 are from the voting machine located in the clerk’s office.

“If they’re going to be gone, we’d prefer they come in and vote on the absentee machine, which is set up right here in the office,” McDaniel said.

It’s the same machine people will vote with come Nov. 2.

McDaniel said the voting process is important and the clerk’s office does what it can to help make the process a smooth one.

“We try to make it as convenient as possible for people to get out and vote,” she said. “No appointment is needed, and it usually takes no more than seven minutes to get in and out. And make sure you bring a form of ID.”

Through Friday, Oct. 1, McDaniel said that 118 people had submitted absentee ballots for the general election.

For more information on absentee voting, call the clerk’s office at 885-4161.

The clerk’s office is open Monday through Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Thursday from 8 a.m. to noon, Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon.

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