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Absentee Ballots

 

Absentee Ballot Application for the May Annual Town Meeting Vote

Special Rules

  • Applicants may designate a family member or other qualified individual to pick up and/or drop off their ballot.
  • The Town Clerk's Office may not distribute ballots until Wednesday, May 8th because the recommended budget and mill rate may be changed at Tuesday night's Annual Town Meeting.
  • Completed ballots must be received by the Town Clerk by 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 11th.  Absentee ballots may be dropped off in the Absentee Ballot Drop Off box outside the back door of Town Hall.  The box will be checked at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday.

Application is available here. 

General Guidelines:

If a registered voter is unable to vote in person on Election Day, s/he may apply to the Town Clerk for an absentee ballot for any of the following reasons:

  • My active service in the Armed Forces of the United States
  • My absence from the town of residence
  • Sickness
  • My religious tenets forbid secular activity on the day of the election, primary or referendum
  • My duties as a primary, election or referendum official at a polling place other than my own during all of the hours of voting
  • Physical disability

Before a ballot can be issued to the voter, an application must be completed and returned to the Wilton Town Clerk’s office. The application can be obtained on The Office of the Secretary of the State website or in person or by mail from the Wilton Town Clerk’s office.

Are you out of the country?  Click here to visit the FVAP.gov website.

To apply online, click here.

Once the application is completed, you may return it to the Wilton Town Clerk in person or deposit it in the Official Ballot Drop Box located outside the rear entrance of Town Hall, by mail, or by fax: Wilton Town Clerk, 238 Danbury Road, Wilton, CT 06897, phone (203) 563-0106; Fax (203) 563-0130, or via email.

Absentee ballots are available beginning on the thirty-first day before the election or twenty-first day before a primary.

Please Note: If you fax or email the application to the Wilton Town Clerk, you must also mail the original completed application with your original signature to the Town Clerk, either separately or with your absentee ballot. If your application with your original signature is not received by the close of the polls on the day of the election or primary, your absentee ballot will not be counted.

Absence or inability to vote in person does not mean that you must forfeit your right to vote! Voters are urged to contact the Wilton Town Clerk’s office at (203) 563-0106 with any specific questions.

Permanent Absentee Ballot

Public Act 12-57, “An Act Concerning Permanent Absentee Ballot Status for the Permanently Disabled” created permanent absentee balloting status for certain individuals and became
effective January 1, 2013.

In General

To be eligible for permanent absentee ballot status, an elector must file with the Town Clerk an absentee ballot application together with a doctor’s certificate stating that they have a permanent disability and are unable to appear in person at their polling place. The doctor’s note should be on letterhead. There is no prescribed form - the doctor’s note and the absentee ballot application would satisfy the requirement of the law. Permanent absentee ballot status enables the elector to receive an absentee ballot for each election, primary, and referendum in the municipality in which they are eligible to vote. Absentee ballots are available 21 days before a Primary and 31 days before an Election.

Elibigility

In January of each year, the Registrars of Voters will send written notice to each elector with permanent absentee ballot status to determine if the elector continues to reside at the address on the permanent absentee ballot application. If the elector fails to respond to the notice, the permanent absentee ballot status will be removed, but the elector will remain on the voter registration list.

Procedure

The Freedom of Information Commission has indicated that they feel that any doctor’s note on file with the Town Clerk is not subject to disclosure. The original absentee ballot application, however, would continue to be subject to disclosure just like any other application for absentee ballot.

Military or Overseas Voter Absentee Ballots

The federal MOVE ACT (Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment) was signed into law by President Obama on October 28, 2009 and makes provisions for mailing a ballot electronically (meaning by email or fax), upon request, to a voter who is in the military, an eligible spouse or dependent or a US citizen living outside the country. Electronic voting is only for elections that have federal offices on the ballot.

To request a Federal Post Card Application (FPCA), visit the Federal Voting Assistance Program website. Once the application is completed, you may return it to the Wilton Town Clerk in person, by mail, or by fax: Wilton Town Clerk, 238 Danbury Road, Wilton, CT 06897, phone (203) 563-0106; Fax (203) 563-0130, or via email.

If you fax or email the application to the Wilton Town Clerk, you must also mail the original completed application with your original signature to the Town Clerk, either separately or with your absentee ballot. If your application with your original signature is not received by the close of the polls on the day of the election or primary, your absentee ballot will not be counted. Absence or inability to vote in person does not mean that you must forfeit your right to vote! Voters are urged to contact the Wilton Town Clerk’s office at (203) 563-0106 with any specific questions.

If you are not military personnel, an overseas voter or their dependent, please follow the instructions outlined above to request an absentee ballot.