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At last count, over 1400 absentee ballots for the upcoming runoff election are currently in the process of being responded to with rejection letters from the Forsyth County Voter Registration Office.  The primary reason for the rejections are that the request is not signed.    "This is a serious situation"  Gary Smith, chief voter registrar said.  " With this short timeframe for the runoff, many people may not get their ballots in time for their votes to be counted"

According to state election law, requests for absentee ballots must be signed by the applicant.  Forsyth County elections office reviews each application, and accepts or rejects it based on several criteria, including name, date of birth, address, and and signature.  If a ballot request is rejected, a letter is sent out the applicant explaining why it was rejected.

Since time is short with weekends and holidays before the election, this makes increasingly unlikely that another absentee ballot request can be mailed, returned with a ballot, mailed back with a vote, and received in time to count. 

Applications must be signed on the bottom

The Forsyth County Elections offices is urging citizens to either submit another request immediately, or make plans to vote in person.  Early voting is available this week at the Forsyth County administration building, and and at the 5 satellite locations next week (Mon – Wed)

Hours this week in our office are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and next week at the satellite offices – 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.