Vote-by-Mail (Absentee) Ballot Applications for voters residing in the United States may be downloaded from the State Board of Elections website by clicking on the link below "Request a Ballot" or via the Montgomery County (MC) BOE website. Online applications may be obtained and completed on a smartphone by texting word VOTE to 77788. The Montgomery County BOE will also mail, fax or email an application. Applications may also be picked up at the BOE: 18753 Suite 210 North Frederick Avenue, Gaithersburg, MD. 20879. The BOE also has an IVR telephone line where one can be requested, as well: 240-777-VOTE (8683), option for Vote-by-Mail (Absentee) Ballots (please listen through all options). For active-duty members of the Armed Forces, Merchant Marine, Public Health Service, NOAA, and their family members, or for United States citizens who are living outside the U.S. for work, school or other reasons, the Federal Post Card Application (FPCA) may be downloaded from the Federal Voting Assistance Program website. It also may be obtained from any U.S. Elections Office, at any Military base or through any American Embassy or U.S. Consulate office. Registered voters who last resided in Maryland prior to departing the U. S. may vote a ballot issued by their former Local Board of Elections office in Maryland."