{"id":80831,"date":"2020-09-18T22:00:29","date_gmt":"2020-09-19T02:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=80831"},"modified":"2020-12-07T19:16:35","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T00:16:35","slug":"absentee-ballots-send-to-allen-county-voters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2020\/09\/18\/absentee-ballots-send-to-allen-county-voters\/","title":{"rendered":"Absentee ballots send to Allen County voters"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_80832\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-80832\" style=\"width: 509px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/tIMG_20200918_071444252.jpg\" alt=\"Mailing ballots for the 2020 General Election\" width=\"509\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-80832\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/tIMG_20200918_071444252.jpg 509w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/tIMG_20200918_071444252-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/tIMG_20200918_071444252-150x118.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 509px) 100vw, 509px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-80832\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Allen County Board of Election workers mailing the first batch of 2020 General Election ballots. Photo courtesy of the Allen County Board of Elections.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Allen County Board of Elections news release:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Mailed Ballots sent to Allen County Voters<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>(September 18, 2020) &#8211; 18,915 ballots were mailed to voters this morning during the first push of absentee ballots for Allen County voters. After today\u2019s date, ballots will be sent the same day that applications are received and approved up through the deadline of October 22.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe mailed a total of 10,251 ballots during the entire 2016 Presidential Election,\u201d said Beth Dlug, director of elections, \u201cso this number for the first push in September is extraordinary. We expect to continue to break processing records for mailed absentee ballots through the deadline.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dlug also said that voters who have requested a mailed ballot by today can expect to see them in the next week. She urged voters to complete the ballots, and get them back to the Election Board as soon as possible. Ballots can be mailed back to the office at 1 E Main, Suite 172, or dropped off at the Election Board office in person, which is temporarily relocated to the Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave. Only the voter, member of the voter\u2019s household, or the voter\u2019s attorney\u2010in\u2010fact can return a ballot in person at the Election Board\u2019s office. Voters can track the status of their returned ballots at the state\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p>In person voting will begin on October 6 at the Memorial Coliseum. Satellite voting begins on October 26 at Indiana Wesleyan, Public Safety Academy, Rousseau Centre and Salomon Farm Park.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3><div class=\"ngg-related-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blog-headers\/2009_06_14_header.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Headwaters Park on June 12, 2009.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='ca62c9e1c06a8852d6dfc251e9cb0e9b' data-image-id=\"2432\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blog-headers\/2009_06_14_header.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blog-headers\/thumbs\/thumbs_2009_06_14_header.jpg\" data-title=\"2009\/06\/14 - Headwaters Park\" data-description=\"Headwaters Park on June 12, 2009.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"2009\/06\/14 - Headwaters Park\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"2009\/06\/14 - Headwaters Park\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"2432\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blog-headers\/thumbs\/thumbs_2009_06_14_header.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blog-headers\/2009_07_08_header.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Downtown Fort Wayne at dusk as seen from the City-County Parking Deck.  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The condolences are for the death of Polish President, Lech Kaczynski and 96 other people in an airplane accident. Photo taken April 23, 2010.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='ca62c9e1c06a8852d6dfc251e9cb0e9b' data-image-id=\"5202\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/129598.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_129598.jpg\" data-title=\"Condolence book for Plock, Poland\" data-description=\"Condolence Book for Plock, Poland available for signing in the City-County Building lobby. The condolences are for the death of Polish President, Lech Kaczynski and 96 other people in an airplane accident. Photo taken April 23, 2010.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Condolence book for Plock, Poland\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Condolence book for Plock, Poland\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"5202\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_129598.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/145125.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Allen County Councilwoman Paula Hughes files her 2010 Campaign Finance report with the Allen County Election Board on January 19, 2011.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='ca62c9e1c06a8852d6dfc251e9cb0e9b' data-image-id=\"5806\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/145125.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/thumbs\/thumbs_145125.jpg\" data-title=\"Allen County Councilwoman Paula Hughes\" data-description=\"Allen County Councilwoman Paula Hughes files her 2010 Campaign Finance report with the Allen County Election Board on January 19, 2011.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Allen County Councilwoman Paula Hughes\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Allen County Councilwoman Paula Hughes\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"5806\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/thumbs\/thumbs_145125.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/152943.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Paula Hughes, Haley Ahrendt and Mayor Tom Henry during the mayoral debate held October 29, 2011 at the Public Safety Academy.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='ca62c9e1c06a8852d6dfc251e9cb0e9b' data-image-id=\"6256\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/152943.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/thumbs\/thumbs_152943.jpg\" data-title=\"2011\/10\/29: Mayoral debate\" data-description=\"Paula Hughes, Haley Ahrendt and Mayor 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