State changes absentee voting rules

Beginning this year, once a voter submits an application to receive an absentee ballot, the voter may not cast a ballot on the voting machine, either at Early Voting or on Election Day.

Once you submit an application for an absentee ballot, you must vote either by absentee ballot or by affidavit ballot (if you go to Early Voting or to your Election Day polling place).

Applications for absentee ballots that are submitted to the Board of Elections by mail or via the State portal must be received by the Board of Elections at least fifteen (15) days ahead of the election. After this 15-day cutoff, only applications for absentee ballots that are personally delivered to the Board of Elections can be accepted.

The full memo from Ken Dow, Commissioner of Elections can be found here