Applications for voting an absentee ballot will be accepted until May 29.
To receive an absentee ballot, voters must submit an Absentee Ballot Application. The application may be returned via mail (P.O. Box 248, Shepherdstown, WV, 25443), email (clerk@shepherdstown.us), fax (304-876-1473) or in person at Town Hall (104 North King Street, Shepherdstown, WV). Once the application is reviewed and determined to be complete, the absentee ballot will be mailed between April 19 and May 30.
Reasons a voter would apply for a paper ballot are as follows:
*Illness, injury or other medical reason which keeps me confined.
*Immobility due to advanced age or a physical disability.
*Incarceration or detention in jail or home. I am not under conviction of any felony, of treason or of bribery in an election (including any period of probation or parole).
*Employment which because of hours worked and distance makes voting in person impossible.
*I am a participant in the Address Confidentiality Program (ACP) with the Office of the Secretary of State. If selected, send your application to the Secretary of State’s Office.
*The municipal absentee voting office and my polling place are inaccessible to me due to my physical disability.
*Personal business or travel. If selected, your ballot must be mailed outside of your county of residence.
*Attendance at college, university, or other place of education or training. If selected, your ballot must be mailed outside of your county of residence.
*Temporarily living outside of the county due to serving as an elected or appointed federal or state officer. If selected, your ballot must be mailed outside of your county of residence.
*Temporarily living outside of the county due to a temporary assignment by my employer for a specific period of four years or less. If selected, your ballot must be mailed outside of your county of residence.
To return an absentee ballot, the return deadline is as follows:
Return Type Deadline
Hand-delivered (a person can deliver no more than two absentee ballots) - The day before the election
By mail, email, or fax - The close of polls on election day
By mail without postmark - The day after the election
By mail postmarked with a date on or before the date of the election - The start of canvass
Military and overseas absentee ballots regardless of postmark - The start of canvass
Please call the Town Clerk, Amy Boyd, at 304-876-2398 with questions.
