About Voting Absentee in Primary Elections:

For Primary Elections voters enrolled in a political party will receive the ballot for that party. Unenrolled voters may request a ballot for any party participating in the Primary election by marking on their application which ballot they wish to receive. Note: If an unenrolled voter does not select a party, only the local referendum ballot will be issued.

A voter may apply for an Absentee Ballot without restriction up to and including the Thursday before any election. The application may be submitted to the City Clerk by mail, by telephone, in person, or online through the Maine Online Absentee Ballot Request Service. To apply by mail, print out the application here. An immediate family member may submit a written application for a voter. 

All Absentee Ballots must be received by the City Clerk no later than the close of the polls on Election Day.

After the Thursday before an election, a voter applying for an Absentee Ballot must swear that one of the following special circumstances exists:

   1) the voter will be absent from the municipality of residence unexpectedly during the entire time the polls are open on election day;

   2) the voter has a physical disability;

   3) the voter is unable to leave his/her home or treatment facility due to an incapacity or illness; or

   4) the voter is a resident of a coastal island ward or precinct and is unable to travel to the polls.