New registration and absentee voting information
for Military and Overseas voters
If you are in the Military or if you are a U.S. Citizen living Overseas, click HERE to download the REGISTRATION AND ABSENTEE BALLOT REQUEST - FEDERAL POST CARD APPLICATION (FPCA).
Once you have completed and signed the application (FPCA), submit it to our office. You may send the form:
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By Mail
Jackson County Election Board
Attn: Absentee Dept.
P.O. Box 296
Independence, MO 64050 -
By Fax
(816) 325-4609 -
By E-mail
jmckinzie@jcebmo.org
To report information changes, such as a change of your address of record (permanent home address), your mailing address, or your email address, please complete a new FPCA and send it to us at once.
Links for your convenience:
Federal Voter Assistance Program
Registration and Absentee Ballot Request - Federal
Post Card Application (FPCA)
** NEW! Effective August 28, 2010 **
A new FPCA form is required from you before each federal election cycle (a cycle includes both the August Primary and November General elections), and before each local election (county, city, etc.). Receipt of the completed and signed FPCA form, by mail, fax or email, is required to request an absentee ballot and to be eligible to vote.
Click HERE to see the current Election Calendar.
Ballot information for an upcoming election is posted on this web site when it becomes available (On the Ballot). This information is usually posted eight weeks prior to the election day.
Completed ballots must be received by this office no later than the day of the election at 7:00 p.m. The ballot must be mailed, or delivered to this office by the voter in person.
Please direct your questions to our office at (816) 325-4600.
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