Absentee voting for the August 6, 2024 Primary Election began Tuesday, June 25. Residents can request an absentee ballot by mail by completing this form or in person at the County Clerk’s Office, located at 101 S. Crittenden St., Marshfield, in the historic courthouse. The County Clerk’s Office is open for absentee voting Monday-Friday 8 am to 5 pm. The office will be closed for the Independence Day holiday July 4-5. However, the office will be open on Saturday, August 3, from 8-noon.
Absentee voting begins six weeks before an election for registered voters. You may vote by absentee ballot if you fulfill one of the following criteria:
- Incapacity or confinement due to illness or physical disability.
- Expect to be absent on Election Day
- Election workers, first responders, healthcare workers and members of law enforcement
- Prevented by religious beliefs from going to the polls on election day
- Incarcerated but haven’t lost right to vote
- Active-duty military personnel and close family members living with them.
- Missouri citizens living outside the U.S
Early in-person voting in Missouri begins two weeks before an election and does not require the criteria listed above.
