Absentee Ballot Request Deadline

ABSENTEE BALLOT INSTRUCTIONS

1. Absentee ballot applications (other than emergency applications per Section 2 below) must be submitted no later than Monday, September 30, 2024, 4:30 p.m. at Town Hall (101 Lawyers Row) by any qualified voter who may not be present on election day for any reason from the Town of Centreville where the voter is registered.
2. In addition, the following persons are entitled to vote by emergency absentee ballot:
   • Any qualified voter who is unable to be present at the polls as a result of illness or accident occurring after the time for applying for an absentee ballot has passed.
   • Any qualified voter who is unable to be present at the polls because of a death or serious illness in the person’s immediate family, about which the person becomes aware after the time for applying for an absentee ballot has passed.

1. Absentee ballots must be received no later than Monday, October 7, 2024 – either at Town Hall between 9:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., OR on October 7, 2024, between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. at the polling location: Queen Anne’s County Office Building, Planning and Zoning meeting room, 110 Vincit Street, Centreville, MD.  
2. If the applicant does not apply in person, the applicant shall designate a voter registered in the Town of Centreville as agent for the purpose of delivering the absentee ballot to the voter.  The agent shall execute an affidavit under penalty of perjury that the ballot was delivered to the voter who submitted the application, was marked by the voter in the agent’s presence, was placed in a sealed envelope in the agent’s presence, and returned by the agent, under seal, to the Board of Supervisors of Elections, by close of the election polls.

1. To assure the confidentiality of each ballot, the registered voter should seal the marked ballot in the unmarked envelope provided.  This unmarked sealed envelope, containing the marked ballot, should then be placed inside the other (outer) envelope provided, which is then sealed.  The registered voter is to sign their name on the outer envelope, preferably across the seal of the envelope.  The outer envelope should be clearly marked on the front with the voter’s full name printed or written legibly on the outside with the notation, “Absentee Ballot”.

All questions should be directed to the Board of Supervisors of Elections at 101 Lawyers Row, by phone at 410-758-1180 ext. 15, or email Gaye Adams, Town Clerk at gadams@townofcentreville.org.