Absentee voting now open for KC’s June 23 election

Absentee voting is now open for Kansas City’s mayoral and city council election on June 23.

Voters must register by May 27 to be eligible to vote. Voters who have moved since they last voted should submit a change of address form to be assured of having a new voter ID card and new polling location.

Registered voters who will be absent from the city on election day or are incapacitated can vote absentee. They have until 5 p.m. June 22 or can vote by mail.

Absentee voting is available at the Kansas City Election Board, Suite 2800 at Union Station, 30 W. Pershing Road, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. through June 22. The office will be open Saturday, June 20, from 8 a.m. to noon.

To use a mail-in absentee ballot, an application form must be submitted to the election board. It is available at www.kceb.org or by calling the absentee voting office at 816-842-4820, ext. 224. Mail-in ballots must be received by the election board no later than 7 p.m. June 23.

This story was originally published May 22, 2015 at 7:40 PM with the headline "Absentee voting now open for KC’s June 23 election."