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January 1 - May 8, 2024 - Absentee Application Period - Eligible Absentee Voters can send an absentee ballot application to their County Clerk in person, by mail, or electronically.

January 1 - May 8, 2024 - Absentee Application Period - Military or Overseas Voters may request an absentee ballot.

January 8 - January 27, 2024 - Candidate Filing Period

March 26, 2024 - Write-in Deadline

March 29, 2024 - County Clerks begin mailing absentee ballots to voters from whom they received applications.

April 23, 2024 - Voter Registration Deadline

May 1 - May 11, 2024 - Early Voting in Person - Voter may vote an early ballot at the county courthouse, an annex or a designated community voting location during normal business hours. Early voting must be conducted between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on the last 2 Saturdays before the Primary Election.

May 7 - Noon, May 14, 2024- Emergency Absentee Voting

Registered voters and other qualified voters in the county are authorized to vote an emergency absentee ballot in the following circumstances may be eligible to receive an emergency absentee ballot in the following circumstances:

• Voter is in the hospital on E​lection Day;
• Voter is a replacement poll worker appointed after the period for Early Voting;
• Voter is in a licensed health care facilities within an adjacent county or within 35 miles of the county seat (county policy required;)
• Voter is in nursing home within the county if he or she has resided there for a period of less than 30 days (county policy required); or
• Voter becomes confined, on or after the seventh day preceding an election, to a specific location within the county because of illness, injury, physical disability, or immobility due to advance age or other medical reason(county policy required).

May 8, 2024 - Deadline for Absentee Ballot Applications

May 11, 2024 - Deadline for Early Voting in Person

May 13, 2024 - Deadline for Hand-Deliver Absentee Ballot to the Clerk's Office

May 14, 2024 - ELECTION DAY

May 14, 2024 - Absentee Ballots Received Electronically from Eligible Voters Accepted - Absentee ballots submitted electronically by eligibile military and overseas voters and eligible voters with physical disabilities are accepted by close of polls.

May 15, 2024 - Absentee Ballots without Postmark Accepted

May 20, 2024 - Absentee Ballots Postmarked by Election Day Accepted