All registered voter who will be away from the Northern Marianas on Election Day need to apply to vote by absentee voting in order to receive a ballot on which they could cast their vote, according to the Commonwealth Election Commission.<\/p>\n
The Commission said it would only send ballots to those who apply to vote by absentee voting.<\/p>\n
Individuals who registered to vote from outside the CNMI and who will be away from the islands on Nov. 4 must still need to apply to vote by absentee voting in order to be provided a ballot that they could cast and return by mail to the Election Commission mailing address. <\/p>\n
All requests to vote by absentee voting must be completed and submitted to the Commission by 4:30pm, Chamorro Standard Time, Oct. 25, 2008. Applications to vote by absentee voting may be downloaded and printed at http:\/\/www.votecnmi.gov.mp\/downloads\/absentee ballot.pdf and the application may be sent to the Commission by mail, facsimile, or scanned then emailed to the office.<\/p>\n
For more information, call the Commission at 664-VOTE (8683) or by e-mail to cec@votecnmi.gov.mp or infor@votecnmi.gov.mp. [B][I](CEC)[\/I][\/B]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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