2925 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44115

M-F: 8:30am-4:30pm to request an application for a ballot that will be mailed, or to download an application from the web site any time. Applications to vote by mail can be mailed to the Board no more than 90 days before an election. Mailed ballots can be received at the Board of Elections starting 35 days before an election. Ballots must be postmarked no later than the day before election day.

Must use form provided by the state Secretary of State or the county board of elections to apply for a ballot in writing to vote absentee in each election. Registered individuals may request applications starting 90 days before the election. Voters may request an application through Board's web site or by phone, or may print an application from the web site if they have a printer. When a voter completes their application for the ballot, they may hand-deliver to the drop box behind the board or may mail the application to the Board no later than seven days before the election. Voters can track the status of their absentee ballot application on the Board's web site. Mail from the board typically takes three to five days. If completed ballots are mailed by a voter, they must be postmarked by the day before election day. Ballots postmarked by the day before election day will be counted if they are received by the Board within four days following the election. Ballots that have not been postmarked by the day before election day must be dropped off at the board by 7:30pm on election day in order to count. Absentee ballots may not be dropped off at a precinct polling place on election day.

Free if walking in to receive or drop off an application. Postage required on application to receive mail in ballot and on completed ballot. Sending a completed ballot by mail usually requires 64 cents postage but depends on the number of pages in a ballot.

Must be a Cuyahoga County resident, registered 30 days before an election, aged 18 on or before the day of the general election. 17 year-olds who will be 18 by the time of the yearly general election may vote in a primary for candidates only. Must be a resident of Ohio for at least 30 consecutive days immediately before the election in which they want to vote. Individuals meeting all other eligibility who are incarcerated for a misdemeanor or who are currently charged but not convicted of a crime are eligible to vote. Ex-offenders convicted of felonies who re-registered to vote following their release from prison are eligible to vote. Voters who have moved or changed their names since they last voted must have updated their registration. College students living in Ohio and registered to vote by the deadline may vote using whichever address the student considers his or her permanent residence at the time of voting.