1. The Absentee Ballot Process for the Presidential Primary and beyond
ROVAC
Spring Conference 2016
The Absentee Ballot Process for the Presidential Primary and beyond

2. Types of Absentee Ballots for PPP
Regular Absentee Ballot
45 Day Blank Absentee Ballot
Overseas Absentee Ballot
“Emergency” Absentee Ballot
Provisional Ballot
Challenge Ballot
Federal Write-In Ballot

5. Regular Absentee Ballots
Application ED-3: All applicants
FPCA: Military and dependents in U.S. or overseas, other electors overseas
Envelopes:
Serial # envelope: ED-8 or ED-11
Inner Envelope: Ed-9
Available April 5, 2016 (21 days before PPP)

6. 45 day Blank ballot Application: ED-3 or FPCA
Eligibility: Electors living temporarily overseas and all servicemen, spouses and dependentswhether living within or outside U.S.
Envelopes:
Inner Envelope:ED-9
Serial #Envelope: ED-11

7. 45 day Blank ballot Also includes: Instructions: ED-15
Complete list of Candidates
Elector must write in office and Candidate's name.

8. eLECTRONIC bALLOTS
Allowed by federal law known as the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act, Pub. L. No
AKA: The ‘MOVE’ Act
Available to military and all overseas voters.

9. 45 day Blank ballot (emailed or faxed)
Will be returned in plain envelope
Elector should write “Election Materials” on envelope
Must have certification form in order to be counted
Town Clerk will mark the district and street address
If opened inadvertently, my be resealed and initialed, per Ted Bromley

15. FPCA- Federal Post Card Applications- used to apply for an absentee ballot and/or to register to vote
Town Clerk verifies if applicant is a registered voter. If so, sends a full ballot no matter what they have selected on the FPCA.
If not an elector, it becomes an overseas ballot. And added to the overseas count.
Use the FPCA to register voter, if one of the boxes on the first three lines is checked off.

16. Overseas ballots Available 45 days before primary
Application: ED-71 or FPCA (blue)
Inner Envelope: ED-72 (blue)
Serial # envelope: ED-74
Outer Envelope: Outer envelope
Votes for Federal Offices only
Town Clerk gives # for Moderator’s return

17. Federal write-in ballot
Person has applied for an absentee ballot but is concerned it won’t arrive I time to be counted
Only valid if mailed from outside U.S. or from an APO/FPO address
Only federal office are counted
FPCA is counted as an overseas if ED-3 is on file and regular ballot is not returned in time.

19. provisional ballots Issued for Federal Offices only
Issued if voter is not on checklist; to a voters who needs HAVA ID (* next to name on list); or challenged voter
Uses same ballot as Overseas ballot (Get them form Town Clerk)
ED-250 envelope is used as application
Receipt (ED-513M) is given to voter (found in moderator’s handbook)
Not counted Election night. Registrars research issues and decide whether it should be counted

20. Challenge ballots
Challenges may be made on the following grounds: lack of bonafide address, disenfranchisement due to the conviction of a felony, or identity
Only counted if court ordered
Regular ballot is used
Forms are found in Moderators Handbook pg 81 & 82
Sealed in a serial numbered envelope
Returned to Town Clerk with moderator's materials
Town clerk holds ballot until it may be destroyed.

21. emergency ballots Uses ED-3E application (yellow)
Uses regular absentee ballot
Can be issues on election or primary day
Outer envelope : ED-8
Inner envelope: ED-9

22. Ballots not for ppp 90 Day Blank ballot Presidential ballot
ED-9 Inner envelope
ED-11 Serial # envelope
Ed-81: Blank Ballot ; voter must write in office and party.
Presidential ballot
Town Clerk handles
We only count
Only former residents who have moved within 30 days prior to election to another location (state after the new location’s cut- off date.
Connecticut residents must use EDR