Any qualified elector (U.S. citizen, 18 years of age, who has resided in the district in which he or she intends to vote for at least 10 days) who registers to vote is eligible to request an absentee ballot. Under Wisconsin law, voters do not need a reason or excuse, such as being out of town on Election Day, to vote absentee. Any voter who prefers to vote by absentee ballot may request one. You have several options for requesting an absentee ballot and casting your vote.
Ballots should be available the end of September or beginning of October for absentee voting. Please contact Clerk Bigler at 424-3848 for an appointment. To avoid long waits, do not wait until the last week to absentee vote. You must provide Proof of ID before you can receive a ballot.
Go to myvote.wi.gov for more info.
The last date to request a absentee ballot to be mailed to you is “no later than 5:00 p.m. on the Thursday before the election” However, please keep in mind new postal policies has mail taking 5-10 days one way and ballots have to be at the polling place before 8:00 p.m. on election day. Also, Tuesdays are now know as “No Mail Tuesdays”. “For those that may not have heard of no-mail Tuesday, it relates to how, for the most part, Tuesday’s mail usually only contains 3rd class items, or ‘junk’ mail. All your newspaper fliers, catalogs and ads. This is because the Post Office no long sorts any mail on Sundays. So, on Monday, the mail you get is what was sorted on Saturday. Since nothing is sorted on Sunday, there is no mail of significance usually on Tuesday’s” from WMCA June newsletter.
You can also vote absentee at your local municipal clerk’s office. If you apply for an absentee ballot in your municipal clerk’s office, or another designated location for in-person absentee voting, you will vote your ballot immediately in the clerk’s office, seal your ballot in the proper envelope, and return it to a member of the clerk’s staff. No ballots may be taken out of the clerk’s office.
You will need to show your acceptable photo ID for voting when voting by in-person absentee ballot. More information about acceptable photo IDs can be found at www.bringit.wi.gov
For more information, please contact your local Clerk or go to www.elections.wi.gov for more information.