Have an agent pick up your ballot (agent delivery)

In special situations, you may ask an agent to pick up and return an absentee ballot for you. This is called ‘agent delivery.’

To qualify for agent delivery, you must:

• live in a
  • nursing home
  • assisted living facility
  • residential treatment center
  • group home
  • battered women's shelter
• or, be hospitalized
• or, have difficulty going to the polling place due to incapacitating health reasons or a disability.

Your agent must be at least 18 years old, have a pre-existing relationship with you and cannot be a candidate. An individual cannot be an agent of more than three voters in an election. The agent must show identification with their name and signature when returning a ballot. 

Give your agent a completed absentee ballot application and a request for agent delivery of absentee ballot form. Have your agent take both forms to the local election office to receive your ballot.

Your agent can pick up your ballot starting seven days before the election through Election Day. However, agents should plan enough time to 1) help you complete the required forms, 2) pick up your ballot from the office, 3) have you vote the ballot, then 4) return the ballot to the same office. A ballot returned in person must get back to the elections office by 8 p.m. on Election Day to be counted. Your ballot can be returned by your agent, or by someone else you designate. You can also return your ballot by mail, but election officials must receive your ballot on or before Election Day.