Absentee Voting

Absentee Voting – In Person:

In-person absentee voting is held at the Board of Elections office, located in the Coshocton County Services Building at 724 S. 7th Street, Coshocton OH 43812. A voter who comes to vote early in-person at the Board of Elections must provide photo ID in the same manner as a voter voting on Election Day. If the voter does not provide a valid form of photo ID and wants to vote early in-person, they may cast a provisional ballot. If a voter who comes to vote early in-person at the Board of Elections does not wish to cast a provisional ballot, the Board of Elections may offer the voter an absentee ballot application to receive a ballot by mail.

Acceptable Forms of Photo Identification:

The following documents are acceptable forms of photo ID for in-person voting as long as the ID is not expired and includes the individual’s name and photograph:

  • Ohio driver’s license, State ID card, or interim ID form issued by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV).  This includes a commercial driver’s license, motorcycle operator’s license, probationary or restricted license, or temporary instruction permit. A suspended driver’s license that is not expired may still be used as photo identification for voting. An interim identification form, which is a BMV document issued to a person who has just applied for a driver’s license or state ID card to use until the permanent card arrives in the mail, is also a valid form of ID.
  • U.S. Passport or Passport card
  • U.S. Military ID card, Ohio National Guard ID card, or U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs ID card

Note: Voters may no longer provide a copy of a current utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck, or other government document that shows the voter’s name and address.

 

Absentee Voting – By Mail: 

Absentee ballot applications may be submitted to the Board of Elections no more than 90 days prior to the Election for which the absentee ballot is being requested. The deadline to submit an application for an absentee ballot by mail is 8:30 p.m. on the seventh day before Election Day. A new absentee ballot request form must be submitted for each Election in which a voter wishes to vote by mail.  Request forms issued by the Ohio Secretary of State’s office must be used to be considered a valid application. Forms are available at the Board of Elections office, located in the Coshocton County Services Building at 724 S. 7th Street, Coshocton, OH 43812 or at VoteOhio.gov. Forms may be sent by mail, delivered in-person, or placed in the secure drop box in front of the County Services Building. Applications submitted via email or fax will not be accepted or processed.

Identification for Absentee Voting by Mail:

A voter who is completing an Absentee Ballot Application or an Absentee Ballot Identification Envelope must provide one of the following forms of identification:

  • An Ohio Driver’s License number of State ID Card number
  • The last four digits of the voter’s SSN; or
  • A copy of the voter’s photo ID. A copy of a photo ID requires images of both the front and back of one of the forms of photo ID acceptable on Election Day (see above), except in the case of a U.S. passport. A copy of a passport means a copy of the ID page of the passport that includes the voter’s name, photograph, and other identifying information and the passport’s expiration date.

Note: Voters may no longer provide a copy of a current utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck, or other government document that shows the voter’s name and address.

 

Returning Your Voted Ballot:

Absentee ballots returned by mail must be postmarked by the day before Election Day. The deadline for mailed Absentee Ballots to arrive at the Board of Elections office is the fourth day after Election Day. The deadline for absentee ballots to be hand delivered to the board of elections is 7:30 p.m. on Election Day. Ballots must be returned to the board office, not a polling location.

Note: The U.S. Postal Service estimates that it may take two to five days for an elector’s voted absentee ballot to be delivered to the board of elections by mail.