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Elections staff: about 40 absentee applications three weeks before election
Summary
With the election three weeks away, elections staff told the council roughly 40 absentee applications had been received and clarified that while anyone may deliver an application on behalf of a voter, ballots already mailed must be returned by the voter or via mail.
Elections staff told the Tuscaloosa City Council the municipal election is three weeks away and that the office had received about 40 absentee applications so far.
The staff member explained the procedure for handling applications and ballots: “Anyone can — let's say, if you wanted to bring someone an application, you are more than welcome to bring someone an application. That application needs to come back to my office from that person or via the mail. Now if someone has received their ballot in the mail, that person will have to turn in their ballot themselves or send it back through the mail,” the elections staff member said.
Councilmembers asked whether they had received any absentee applications to date; the elections staff estimated “close to about 40.” The transcript does not include further details on deadlines, drop-off locations, or returned ballot counts in the excerpt provided.
