If you want to vote on local issues back home you should register to vote there. If you would rather vote on local issues here in Benton County you will want to register to vote here. Try this link to register in another state. All military and overseas ballots are sent out 45 days before an election. Ballots to out of state absentee voters are sent 29 days before election day.
Local voters receive ballots approximately two weeks before election day.
Q. I will be going south for the winter. No, it is not legal for a ballot to be forwarded, even by the U.S. Post Office. By applying for an absentee ballot. This office needs your written permission to send your ballot anywhere other than where you live, and an address to send it to. You may write us a note giving us that information.