To date, the Bethel Town Clerk's office has issued over 3,200 Absentee Ballots with 624 having been received back so far. Lisa Bergh cautioned that her office has received two applications for some people though and asked that residents not submit multiple applications. She says this is a very large drain on office processing.  They issue and alphabetize every application and if a second one comes in, the system alerts employees.  The original application is pulled up to make sure a ballot--a single ballot--was issued.