Republicans who wish to participate in the May 6 primary, settling the mayoral race in Warsaw, as well as council seats in Warsaw, Winona Lake and Syracuse, but who are out of town on Election Day, have until April 28 to file an absentee ballot application. There is no Democratic ballot.

Poll workers and people with a demanding work schedule also may use the absentee voting system, according to Kosciusko County Clerk Sharon Christner.

"People can call or come in for an application," she said. "We are accepting them now."

A driver's license number or the last four digits of a person's Social Security number are required for identification.

Homebound residents can be served by a traveling Election Board member, who will deliver the absentee ballots to their doorsteps.

Absentee voting takes place April 14 through May 5. Voters reporting to the county clerk's office in the Justice Building, 121 N. Lake St., Warsaw, to cast an absentee ballot may do so Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4:30 p.m., and on two Saturdays, April 26 and May 3, from 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. The absentee voting period ends May 5 at noon.

A separate office will be set up for absentee voting with a separate room to mark the ballots in privacy.

Voter registration for this primary ends April 7, Christner said.

"We're receiving the same amount of new registrations as usual," she said.

Registration forms are available at any governmental agency - the county, city and town clerks' offices, at the welfare department and at the state-run license branches. [[In-content Ad]]