DDB:absntblt.pr                         Contact: Betty Ann Lucey, 301-217-6450


ABSENTEE BALLOT DEADLINE NEARS FOR
VOTERS IN MARCH 5 PRIMARY ELECTION            FOR RELEASE: February 21, 1996


     February 27 is the absentee ballot deadline for the March 5 Presidential
Primary Election.  For the convenience of voters, the Absentee Department of
the Supervisors of Elections has expanded its usual 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekday
hours to Saturday, February 24 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
     Voters qualify to vote by absentee ballot if one of the following
applies:  they will be absent from the county on election day; they are ill,
disabled or confined to an institution; they are age 65 or older and their
polling place is designated non-accessible; or they are a full-time college
student at a school located outside their precinct, and they are unable to be
present at the polls on election day.  Certain federal government and armed
forces personnel may also vote by absentee ballot.
     The elections office is located at 751 Twinbrook Parkway, Rockville, in
the former Broome Middle School. The building is about a half-mile north of
Veirs Mill Road.
     For further information, call 301-217-6460 on weekdays between 8:30 a.m.
and 5 p.m.
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