Absentee Ballots

The November 8, 2022 State Election will soon be upon us.   Maine voters will select their choice for Governor, Maine’s Representatives to Congress, members of the Maine Legislature, and certain county officers and in Waldoboro there will be Special Town Warrant too.  The Town of Waldoboro is committed to ensuring that all residents have the opportunity to vote.  The Town will have in person voting as always on November 8th  at the Town Office from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm. 

YOU MUST BE REGISTERED TO VOTE IN THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH YOU LIVE.  YOU CAN REGISTER TO VOTE UP TO AND INCLUDING ELECTION DAY.  CLICK HERE FOR INFORMATION ON HOW TO REGISTER TO VOTE.

Prefer to vote by Absentee Ballot, there are several ways to request an Absentee Ballot.

Contact the municipal clerk in the town or city where you are registered to vote. Uniformed Service and Overseas voters will request an absentee ballot directly from the Secretary of State, Division of Elections.

You can make a telephone request for your own ballot, which will be mailed to the address you provide to the clerk.

You can request your own ballot electronically using the Secretary of State’s online absentee ballot request service. The approved online form can be found at the following web site:  http://www.maine.gov/cgi-bin/online/Absentee Ballot/index.pl

You can make a written request by completing an absentee ballot application. Additionally, you can obtain a ballot for an immediate family member in this same way. A ballot will be mailed to the voter directly or to an immediate family member making the request. Your municipal clerk can tell you who is considered an immediate family member under the law.

NOTE: Ballots obtained by the voter or an immediate family member do not require witnesses, unless the voter receives assistance from another person in reading or marking the ballot.

Applications are available starting 3 months before the election from the municipal clerk or online at: http://www.maine.gov/cgi-bin/online/Absentee Ballot/index.pl

NOTE: If you receive an unsolicited absentee ballot application in the mail from a political party, campaign or advocacy organization, please note that these entities are not affiliated with the State of Maine’s Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions or your municipal clerk’s office. Thus, they have no way of knowing whether or not you have already requested your absentee ballot.

You can disregard the mailing, or if you have not yet requested your ballot and you choose to use the form, make sure that the envelope mails the application directly to your municipal clerk for processing. Please do not fill out this form and return it to your clerk if you have already requested your absentee ballot by other means, as the review and rejection process of subsequent requests will result in unnecessary work for your municipal clerk. You need only submit one request.

You may make a written request for a "third person" (someone other than the voter or the voter's immediate family member) to obtain and hand-deliver an absentee ballot.

You must designate, in a written request or application, the specific third person who will handle and deliver the ballot. Only this designated third person may handle the absentee ballot.

Ballots cast in this way must be witnessed by either a notary public, a municipal clerk, a clerk of courts, or 2 other witnesses.