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CITY CLERK
Elections - Absentee Voting Information
Brookings City Clerk's Department
Shari Thornes, City Clerk
311 Third Avenue/PO Box 270
Brookings, SD 57006
605-692-6281 Phone
605-692-6907 Fax
sthornes@cityofbrookings.org
ABSENTEE VOTING
Any registered voter may vote by absentee ballot. Absentee ballots for a City of Brookings election
are available several weeks prior to election day.
To receive a ballot by mail, a voter must file a written application
for an absentee ballot with the City Clerk's Office.
The application must be mailed or hand delivered to the City Clerk's Office no later than 15 days prior to the election. The application cannot be submitted by fax.
The voter's signature on the application must be notarized or witnessed
by an official who can administer an oath*. An alternative to notarization
would be to send a photocopy of a valid form of identification with
the application**. Notaries public are prohibited by law from charging
a fee for notarizing an absentee ballot application.
The application can be filed anytime during the calendar year of
the election. The application deadline is 3:00 p.m. on election day.
Voters who qualify to vote absentee may also go to the City Clerk's Office, complete an application, and
vote in the office. This should be done prior to election day. A
voter who is sick or confined may request an absentee ballot in
writing, naming an authorized messenger who will deliver the ballot
to the voter.
The voter must sign a statement on the absentee ballot envelope
prior to returning the ballot. All voted ballots must be returned
to the person in charge of the election in time to be delivered
to the appropriate polling place prior to the closing of the polls.
Mail a completed absentee ballot application for a
Brookings Municipal Election to:
Brookings City Clerk
311 Third Avenue
PO Box 270
Brookings, SD 57006
For additional information and Absentee
Ballot Applications, go to the Secretary of State's website.
*The following officers may administer an oath:
- Notary Publics (Listing by name, city or county)
- Supreme Court judges, circuit judges, magistrates, clerks and deputy clerks of the circuit court, federal judges and federal magistrates
- County auditor, county treasurer, register of deeds and their deputies
- Mayors, town board presidents, municipal finance officers and deputies, and township clerks within their municipality or township
- Any commissioned officer in the military service
** The following are acceptable forms of identification:
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A South Dakota driver’s license or nondriver identification card;
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A passport or an identification card, including a picture, issued by an agency of the United States government;
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A tribal identification card, including a picture; or
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An current student identification card, including a picture, issued by an accredited institution of higher education, including a university, college, or technical school, located within the State of South Dakota.
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