and Overseas Citizens

Citizens of the United States residing overseas indefinitely may vote an absentee federal ballot through the mail with our office, if their last address in the United States was in Rockford, IL.

United States Citizens serving in the United States Military Service and their spouses, who are citizens, may vote absentee through the mail whether registered to vote or not.

Members of the National Guard and Reserves residing in Rockford, who may be called to active duty are entitled to vote by absentee ballot and may do so at the Rockford Board of Election Office.

A ballot application received after January 1st of any year is applicable for all elections in that calendar year and the next calendar year. However, the applicant must remember to keep our election office up-to-date on any address changes, so the ballot will arrive in a timely manner.

To avoid mailing delays, an absentee ballot application may be downloaded from the Federal Voting Assistance Program website:  http://www.fvap.gov/ .

Persons whose address of record is within the city limits of Rockford , should mail the absentee application to:

  The Rockford Board of Election Commissioners

  301 South 6 th Street

  Rockford , IL 61104