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may be getting in by the skin of your maintained by the Caroline Board of “There is no such thing as voting online
teeth if you wait that long. Call our Elections. The last pick up will be at in Maryland. This state uses ballot

county Board of Election’s staff today at 8 PM on Election Day. Until then, it scanners and a paper-based voting
410-470-8145 to expedite your Mail-in will be under 24-hour surveillance and system so that votes can be recounted
Ballot delivery. emptied two times per day by election if needed. Voting equipment and
workers. This ballot box will be located at the network used to generate official

As stated on the application, you can
the front of the HAPS building (Health election results are never connected
request a faxed or internet ballot. It is
& Public Services Building- Board of to the internet. Voter information and
important to know that those faxed and
Elections, Health Dept., Clinic, Senior results are data encrypted. Background
emailed ballots you print out yourself
Center, Planning and Zoning, etc.) at security checks are performed on all
cannot be read by election board
403 South 7th Street, Denton. HAPS is those who have physical access to these
scanners. Election workers will use
the big brick building across from the networks.” (www.elections.maryland.
the information from your printout to
Denton Volunteer Fire Department on gov) Foreign actors will not gain access
mark an official ballot for you. While
5th Avenue. Swing by and drop off your to our votes.
remembering that the training and

vote after food shopping in town!
integrity of Caroline County election Those with a disability, or who are
workers has never been questioned, the Note that early voting is not being unable to read or write, still have the
current political climate is encouraging held at the HAPS building this year. right to vote! The “Mail-in Ballot:
doubt and unease in our election process. Early in-person voting will be available Designation of Agent Form” allows
For your own peace of mind, it’s best to to the public at the General James J. the voter to designate a representative
go through the application process early, Frettered Community Center, located known as an agent who fills out the
get your offi cial state mail-in ballot, fi ll in the old Armory Building across from voter’s ballot according to the voter’s
it out, and submit that ballot personally the Caroline County District Court, wishes, and helps to cast the ballot. Th e
during early voting, on election day, 107 South 4th Street, Denton. Early agent cannot be a candidate, employer,
or by mail so you know your vote did voting takes place Monday, October 26 or union agent. The agent is forbidden to

count! through Monday November 2, 7 AM to influence or change the voter’s vote. You
8 PM. You can hand deliver your voting can get more information, and this form,
Election mail must be sent first class so

ballot to voting judges by 8 PM. This from our local election offi ce.
put a 55-cent stamp on it to get your
building has more space to facilitate

vote submitted in a timely manner. Th e Caroline County is offering three polling
social distancing. Please do not forget

post office web site suggests that voters locations on November 3 to registered

to bring your mask or you will not be
mail their ballots at least 15 days early. I county voters, regardless of where they
admitted!
called our post offi ce distribution center live. Apparently voting based on address
in Easton and they said that the Easton The rules state that if you request a precinct is not a factor this year! Caroline
distribution center has not had any fi rst- mail-in ballot, but then decide you want County is your jurisdiction. Have a plan,
class sorting machines pulled offline. to vote in person, you must take that circle your committed voting day on the
What mail comes in is still efficiently state-issued ballot to one of three voting calendar whether by mail or in person,
going out! So, relax about all that media centers in Caroline County to turn your and verify your polling place at www.
mischief! If the post office can handle the vote in no later than 8 PM on November elections,maryland.gov.

annual avalanche of Christmas mail, I’m 3, election night. Once you request that
Finally, you can drop off your mail-in

confident they can handle our election mail-in ballot you are committed to

ballot or vote in person on Tuesday,
mail. Just follow their holiday motto of that form of voting, folks! You may also
November 3 between 7 AM & 8 PM at
‘Mail Early”! Submit your ballot to the hand deliver it during early voting to
one of the three Caroline Election Day
Caroline County Board of Election, 403 the Frettered building between Monday
Voting Centers:
South 7th Street, Denton MD 21629. October 26 and Monday, November
The Board of Elections states that If you 2 from 7AM to 8 PM. Since you have Greensboro Fire Hall, 13781

mail your vote it must be postmarked applied for a mail-in ballot as your Greensboro Road, Greensboro
on or before Election Day, November method of voting, if you decide to hand
General James F. Fretterd
3, and must be received by 10 AM on deliver your ballot, you will not actually
Community Center,
November 3. But why wait? Get ‘er done! access the individual voting booth. You
107 S. 4th Street, Denton
will sign in as having voted one time and
Another great voting option is to use the
hand your mail-in ballot to a poll worker Preston Fire Hall, 3680
one mailbox type ballot box, which is
who will deposit it in a secured location. Choptank Road, Preston
centrally located In Denton, for voters to
According to www.elections.maryland.

drop off their completed mail-in voting Please do your part. Don’t let your
gov, votes cast during early voting and by
ballots to the Caroline County Board of neighbor decide your future! Even
mail-in ballot count just like votes cast
Elections. This box is not the property if you never have before…Vote!

in person on election day.
of the postal service. It is operated and
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