Friday, May 9 is the deadline for Idahoans to request an absentee ballot for the upcoming May 20 local elections in Idaho, elections officials announced.

Idaho voters have until 5 p.m., local time, on Friday to request an absentee ballot, according to a press release issued Wednesday by the Idaho Secretary of State’s Office.

Idaho voters can request an absentee ballot online for free at voteidaho.gov, the official state election website run by the Idaho Secretary of State’s Office.

However, in order to request an absentee ballot, voters first must be registered to vote, elections officials said.

Anyone who is not yet registered to vote may still register to vote at their polling place and vote on Election Day. Voters can find their polling place, review their sample ballot and more at voteidaho.gov.

On May 20, local elections will take place in 37 of Idaho’s 44 counties. 

The specific elections voters get to participate in vary depending on where the voter lives, but local elections like library districts, highway districts, school district bond issues or supplemental levies, auditorium districts or hospital districts are being voted on across the state.

— Idaho Capital Sun