Who is qualified to vote Absentee?

Persons registered* to vote in the City of Peoria are eligible to cast an absentee ballot with the Peoria Election Commission Office.

*The City of Peoria is a separate election jurisdiction. If you live outside the city limits of Peoria, but within the County of Peoria, please contact the Peoria County Clerk’s Office at (309) 672-6070 ext. 2 to obtain information on absentee voting.

In addition, the following unregistered voters are eligible to vote by absentee ballot:

  1. Members of the Armed Forces or Merchant Marine and their spouses and dependents whether serving in the United States or abroad;
  2. U.S. citizens and their spouses or dependents, whose permanent residence is in the City of Peoria but who will be temporarily residing abroad on Election Day;
  3. U.S. citizens (not their spouses or dependents) who maintained a residence in the City of Peoria immediately prior to their departure from the United States.

If you fit any of the three criteria listed above, please click here to complete the FPCA Form.

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