Mail-In Ballot Application Deadline Approaching In Rhode Island

RHODE ISLAND — Common election season is right here in Rhode Island, with just some weeks left earlier than voters hit the ballots on Nov. 8.

However for these planning to vote by mail, there’s an necessary deadline developing to verify your poll counts. Rhode Island voters have till Tuesday to submit a mail poll software to their native board of canvassers.

Poll functions have to be acquired (not postmarked) by the Oct. 18 deadline. Voters could place functions within the mail or drop them off in individual at their native board of canvassers. Addresses for all boards of canvassers will be discovered on the again of the mail poll software.

“Voting by mail is a secure and safe choice for casting your poll,” mentioned Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea. “I strongly encourage all Rhode Islanders that want to vote from house with a mail poll to place their functions within the mail at the very least per week earlier than the deadline to make sure they’re acquired in time.”

The Division of State partnered with public libraries all through Rhode Island to make mail poll functions out there. Registered voters can also entry a mail poll software by visiting vote.ri.gov or by contacting the Division of State’s Elections Division at 401-222-2340 or elections@sos.ri.gov.

Voters who don’t return their mail poll software by the October 18 deadline, or those that desire to vote in individual, can nonetheless vote in individual, both early or on Election Day. Early voting can be out there throughout common municipal enterprise hours from October 19 by means of 4:00 p.m. on November 7.