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Absentee voting begins today
by Charlene Hoeflich
choeflich@heartlandpublications.com
<p>Meigs County Board of Elections employee Meghan Lee stands near the voting booths which will be used for absentee voting beginning today.</p>

Meigs County Board of Elections employee Meghan Lee stands near the voting booths which will be used for absentee voting beginning today.

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POMEROY — Absentee voting for the Nov. 6 election began today at the Meigs County Board of Elections office located in the Meigs County Courthouse Annex on Mulberry Heights in Pomeroy.

Voting booths are in place there for use by those registered to vote absentee which will continue until 6 p.m. on Nov. 2 . From now until Oct. 9 residents may come into the office to register to vote and then vote the same day.

Becky Johnston, director, advises that voters can register to vote in the Nov. 6 election at the Board of Elections office until 9 p.m. on Oct. 9.

For those who have requested an absentee ballot, those are now being processed for mailing and residents should start receiving them this week. To date the Board has received over 1,100 applications for absentee ballots.

Absentee voting in the Meigs County Board of Elections office, will continue until 6 p.m. on Nov. 2 . The last time absentee ballots will be mailed out will be Nov. 3 at noon.

Beginning today office hours are being extended to 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Then starting on Oct. 22, the office will be open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. through Friday Nov. 2 when it will closed at 6 p.m,. unless otherside determined by a court decision, Johnson said.

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