Apply to Vote by Mail

• Using an Online Application:
  • Visit the Virginia Department of Elections’ Voter Information Portal and click ‘Apply to Vote Absentee by Mail’ to submit your application to vote absentee by mail online.  
  • You can check on the status of your absentee application 48-72 hours after applying by logging back into the Virginia Department of Elections’ Voter Information Portal and clicking "Check registration status".
• Using Virginia Absentee Ballot Forms & Submitting via Mail or Email:
  • You may also download and complete the Virginia Absentee Ballot Application Form or the Virginia Permanent Absentee Voter Single Election Change Form (ONLY if you already have an active ongoing absentee ballot application on file).  
  • Return your completed application to the Roanoke County Dept. of Elections by mail to P.O. Box 20884 Roanoke, VA 24018, You may also email your signed and completed application to us at elections@roanokecountyva.gov, fax it to us at (504) 772-2115 (please call 30 minutes later to ensure your fax was received), or drop your application off in person at our office located at 900 Chestnut St. Vinton, VA 24179.
• Deadline to Request an Absentee Ballot by Mail
  Completed absentee ballot applications must be received no later than 5:00 PM, 11 days prior to Election Day; the deadline to request an absentee ballot by mail for the upcoming election is Friday, October 27 at 5:00 PM.
  
  
• Witness Signature Required on Envelope B
  We are happy to serve as witnesses for those voters who are immunocompromised or still practicing social distancing. To use this service, a voter must return their ballot in person via curbside service or inside our office at 900 Chestnut Street in Vinton, and let us know that they need a witness signature on Envelope B.

Drop Off Your Marked Absentee Ballot In Person

Ballots may be returned in person at our office in Vinton or our satellite office at the Brambleton Center during the dates and times listed under the Early In-Person Voting section above.

Mail Your Marked Absentee Ballot

Your ballot must be postmarked on or before Election Day and received by our office no later than 12:00 noon on the Friday following Election Day in order to be counted. Mail marked ballots to the Roanoke County Dept. of Elections at either of the following addresses:

900 Chestnut Street            P.O. Box 20884
      Vinton, VA 24179          Roanoke, VA 24018

Return Your Marked Ballot on Election Day

Return your marked ballot at ANY Roanoke County polling place open from 6:00 AM to 7:00 PM or at the Roanoke County Dept. of Elections (900 Chestnut St. Vinton, VA 24179) between 6:00 AM and 7:00 PM – just ask for the Voted Ballot Drop Bag.

Additional Information About Voting Absentee by Mail

Visit the Virginia Department of Elections’ Voter Information Portal to:

• Confirm that your absentee ballot application was submitted/received (if returning your application by mail, please remember to allow at least 5-7 business days for it to arrive).
• Check your absentee ballot application’s approval status (you will only receive notification by mail if our office cannot approve your absentee ballot application as submitted; Virginia law does not require and Virginia’s voter registration system does not permit our office to send notice of each approved application).
• See whether our office has mailed your absentee ballot out to you or received and checked in your voted ballot.

Deciding to Vote Early In Person Instead of By Mail

If you applied to vote absentee by mail and later decided that you would rather vote early in person at our office, please bring your unused absentee ballot and all related envelopes with you when you come to vote.