The Bethel Town Clerk's Office has been contacted by both the Republican and Democratic parties, as well as individual candidates, to obtain applications for absentee ballots in order to distribute them to voters unsolicited for the November 8th Election.  The office was told that the applications will be arriving by mail.  The parties and candidates are legally allowed to distribute applications.  These are just the application for an absentee ballot, not the ballot themselves.  Anyone unable to vote in person on Election Day, for reasons cited in the state constitution, can vote by absentee ballot.  The ballots will be available after October 7th.  Applications can be obtained on the Town of Bethel website, on the Secretary of the State's website, or in person during regular business hours in the Town Clerk's Office.