How to cast an absentee ballot

Absentee ballots come out of a printer on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020 at the Benton County Clerk's Office. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/Flip Putthoff)
Absentee ballots come out of a printer on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020 at the Benton County Clerk's Office. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/Flip Putthoff)

Most Arkansas voters will head to the polls to vote in the March 5 preferential primary and nonpartisan general election, but if voters can’t make it to the polls they have the option of voting by absentee ballot.

To be qualified to vote by an absentee ballot, you must meet one of the following requirements:

• You will be unavoidably absent from your polling site on the day of the election.

• You will be unable to attend your polling site on election day because of illness or physical disability.

• You are a member of the uniformed services, merchant marines or the spouse or a dependant family member and are away from your polling location because of the member’s active duty status.

• You are a U.S.

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