Less than a week remains for registered voters in Stephens County to apply for
absentee ballots to be mailed to them for the April 3 City of Duncan Mayor, Velma-Alma
School Board Runoff and Comanche Schools Special Election, County Election Board
Secretary Angela Dunagan said today.
Applications for absentee ballots must be received by the County Election Board
no later than 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 28, to be processed in time for the election.
However, anyone who misses that deadline can still vote early. Early voting will be
available at the Stephens County Courthouse from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday March 29
and Friday March 30. The courthouse is closed for Good Friday, however the lobby will
be open for early voting purposes.
Absentee voters may apply in person at the County Election Board office or may
send their applications by mail, fax, or e-mail. An online version of the form may be
filled out and submitted electronically at www.elections.ok.gov. Any registered voter
eligible to vote in the election may vote by absentee ballot without stating a reason,
Dunagan said, however absentee voters can activate certain special conditions in the
following circumstances:
• Registered voters who are physically incapacitated and voters who care for
physically incapacitated persons who cannot be left unattended may apply for
absentee ballots only by mail, fax, e-mail, online or via an agent who is at
least 16 years of age and who is not employed by or related within the third
degree of consanguinity or affinity to any person whose name appears on the
ballot.
• Registered voters who are confined to nursing homes in the county may apply
by mail, by fax, by e-mail, online or via an agent who is at least 16 years of
age and who is not employed by or related within the third degree of
consanguinity or affinity to any person whose name appears on the ballot.
• Military personnel, residents of Stephens County living overseas, and the
spouses and dependents of each group may apply only by mail, by fax, or by
e-mail. For more information and instructions, military and overseas voters
may visit the Federal Voting Assistance Program website:
www.fvap.gov/oklahoma.
For more information on absentee voting, contact the County Election Board at
101 South 11 th Street, Suite 100, Duncan. The telephone number is 580-255- 8782. The
County Election Board’s fax number is 580-255- 3188.
For additional election-related information, visit: www.elections.ok.gov.