Absentee voting is available at the Bristol town office, 1268 Bristol Road, Bristol. Office hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday-Wednesday, and Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thursday. The deadline for a voter to request an absentee ballot is Thursday, Nov. 3 unless the voter completes a special-circumstances application.
Absentee ballots may also be obtained in the following ways:
– The voter calls the town office at 563-5270 to request a ballot, which is mailed to the voter
– The voter or immediate family member completes an absentee application (available online or at the town office) and either mails it to Town Clerk, P.O. Box 339, Bristol, ME 04539; faxes it to the town clerk at 563-6103; or delivers it to the town office
– The voter requests an absentee ballot online at maine.gov/cgi-bin/online/absenteeballot/index.pl and the ballot is mailed to the voter
– The voter gives written permission for an unrelated third person to obtain the ballot
Call 563-5270 or email info@bristolmaine.org for more information.
Additional information on absentee ballots is available from the Secretary of State office at http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/voter-info/absenteeguide.html
Election Day voting will be held at the Bristol Town Office, 1268 Bristol Road. The polls will be open 8:00am to 8:00pm. High voter turnout is expected on Election Day and extra parking is available across the street at the Bristol Congregational Church.
Note: The clerk, tax collector and assessing offices will be closed for regular business on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8.
