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BOSTON — Voters interested in using absentee ballots for the special U.S. Senate election Jan. 19 must apply by 5 p.m. Friday.
While applications are usually available a day before elections, municipal offices will be closed Jan. 18 for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.
Applications are available through election commissions, city or town clerks, and at www.sec.state.ma.us. Voters are allowed to use absentee ballots if they will be gone from their city or town on election day, have a physical disability that prevents voting at polling places or cannot vote at the polls due to religious beliefs.
In the special election, state Sen. Scott Brown, R-Wrentham; Democratic Attorney General Martha Coakley; and Libertarian Joseph L. Kennedy - no relation to Edward M. - are seeking to succeed the late senator. Secretary of State William Galvin says interest is rising as voting day draws closer, with 44,000 requests for absentee ballots received as of Friday, more than in the party primaries.