Who is qualified to vote Absentee?
Persons registered* to vote in Kane County excluding the City of
Aurora ** are eligible to cast an absentee ballot only if they meet one
of the following conditions:
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persons expecting to be absent from Kane County on election day;
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college or university students temporarily residing away from their home
precincts;
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persons expecting to be serving away from their home precincts on election day
as election judges or election officials employed by any election board, County
Clerk or law enforcement agency;
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persons serving on jury duty on election day;
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persons in jail as pre-trial detainees not serving jail sentences;
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persons physically incapacitated or hospitalized;
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persons whose religious beliefs prevent them from voting in person on election
day;
*Persons who have registered by mail without providing identification and will be voting for the first time are
not eligible to vote absentee by mail. They may vote absentee in person at the
County Clerk's Office or may vote early.
**The City of Aurora is a separate election commission. Please contact
their office at 630-897-4030 to obtain information on absentee voting.
In addition, the following unregistered voters are eligible to
vote by absentee ballot:
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Members of the Armed Forces or Merchant Marine and their spouses and dependents
whether serving in the United States or abroad;
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U.S. citizens and their spouses or dependents, whose permanent residence is in
Kane County but who will be temporarily residing abroad on election day;
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U.S. citizens (not their spouses or dependents) who maintained a residence in
Kane County immediately prior to their departure from the United States.
How to Obtain an Absentee Ballot
By Mail
You may request an absentee ballot to be mailed to you. The last day we can mail you a ballot is 5 days prior to the election. To request an absentee
ballot, email us
at
elections@co.kane.il.us or call our office at (630) 232-5990. The
ballot needs to be postmarked by the day before the election and must be in our
office within two weeks after the election.
Please note that if you will be out of the country for the election, you must complete and return an FPCA form.
ELECTION MAIL CANNOT BE FORWARDED
In Person
You may vote absentee in person at the County Clerk's office beginning 40 days
prior to an election until the day before the election. If you are unable to
come to our office to vote and would rather not vote by mail, you may
vote early at locations spread thoughout the county.
Early voting begins 22 days prior to the election through 4 days prior
and the only requirement is that you are a registered voter in Kane County.
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Illinois State Statute requires voters who are incapacitated to complete an
Application for Absentee Voter's 5 Year Identification Card form* along
with an Affidavit of Attending Physician* in
order to automatically be sent an absentee ballot application for incapacitated
voter for every election within 5 years after we receive the application.
Click here* for an application, fill out the
first page and have your doctor fill out the second page and mail it to:
Kane County Clerk
P.O. Box 70
Geneva, IL 60134
Students away at college who will be unable to vote in person may fill
out a Temporarily Absent Student Notice form* in
order to automatically be sent an absentee ballot application for student voter
for every election within 2 years of the date of the application. Every summer,
a letter will be sent out to students to obtain their new address for the
upcoming school year.
Members of the Uniformed Services and their family members or U.S. citizens
residing overseas whose last known address is in Kane County and wish to vote
absentee may do so by completing and mailing an FPCA (Federal
Post Card Application)* to Kane County Clerk's Office, P.O. Box 70,
Geneva, IL 60134. By completing this application, you will automatically
be sent an absentee ballot for every election through 2 general
elections.
Licensed or certified Illinois Nursing Homes will
provide election judges to conduct in person absentee voting to (registered)
residents at those facilities who wish to vote.
Voters who enter the hospital five days or less before an election are eligible to have an absentee ballot brought to them. Contact our office at 630-232-5990 to find out more.
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