MILITARY AND OVERSEAS ABSENTEE
VOTING
MILITARY
AND OVERSEAS VOTING (click here to print form)
If
you are not in the military, a family member of the military, or an
overseas citizen,
these instructions do not apply to you and you may
not use the Form 76 to vote.
- Who may vote pursuant to T.C.A. 2-6-502?
- Military Personel:
Persons who are United States citizens, residents of Sullivan County,
Tennessee and members of the Armed Forces, and their family
members.
"Armed Forces Personel" is defined in T.C.A. 2-1-104(1) as members of
the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Enviromental
Science Service Administration, Public Health Service of the United
States, or members of the Merchant Marine of the United States, and
their spouses and dependents.
- Civilians Outside the
U.S.:
Persons who are United States citizens, residents of Sullivan County,
Tennessee, and who are currently residing overseas. An "Overseas
Citizen" is a United States citizen who resides outside the U.S. and,
but for living outside the U.S., would be qualified to vote in Sullivan
County, Tennessee.
- Persons Born Overseas:
A person who has never lived in the U.S. but has a parent who is
eligible to vote in Tennessee may vote in Tennessee in the same voting
residence claimed by the parent.
- A person is not required to already be a registered voter
in Sullivan County to vote as a military or overseas voter as long as
they meet the qualifications to vote in Tennessee. Normally, an
individual who registers to vote by mail must appear in person in the
first election the person votes in after such registration becomes
effective. This provision is waived in the case of military and
overseas citizens. However, since this is only a temporary
registration, once you are no longer eligible to vote under this
provision of the law, you must complete a voter registration form and
submit the form to your local county election commission prior to
voting in any subsequent election.
- In order to register to vote and request an absentee
ballot as an military or overseas voter an application (Form 76)
must be received no earlier than January 1 and no later than seven (7)
days before the date of the election in the year in which the election
is to be held
unless the election is to be held less than ninety (90) days after
January 1 of the calendar year. In that case the application may
be received no earlier than ninety (90) days before the election and no
later than seven (7) days before the election. The application
can be mailed, faxed, or emailed to the Sullivan County Election
Commission at the following:
- Mailing Address: 3258 Highway 126, Suite 103
Blountville, TN 37617
- Fax: (423) 323-6443
- Email: admin@scelect.org (emailed form must provide an
electronically scanned signature of the voter)
- In order for any absentee ballot to be counted the ballot
must be received by mail no later than the close of polls on election
day. Once an absentee ballot has been issued the voter must vote
by mail. If the ballot is rejected the voter will be notified
that the ballot was rejected and the reason for rejecting the ballot.
- If you do not receive a ballot or your ballot is ruined
and cannot be used, please notify the election office and another
ballot will be sent.
- Military or overseas voters who feel that there may not be
a sufficient amount of time to receive and then return the voted ballot
may also use the Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot (FWAB).
Instructions for completeing an FWAB may be found at:
- If you do not provide all of the required information,the
application will be rejected and returned to the voter immediately by
mail to be completed and returned again.