VOTING BY ABSENTEE BALLOT

Any qualified elector who is unable or unwilling to appear at the polling place on Election Day may submit a request to vote an absentee ballot to their municipal clerk.  A qualified elector is any U.S. citizen who:

• will be 18 years of age or older on Election Day
• has resided in the ward or municipality where they wish to vote for at least 28 consecutive days before election.

The elector must also be registered to vote to receive an absentee ballot.  Proof of identification must be provided before an absentee ballot may be issued*. 

Making application to receive an absentee ballot by mail

Contact your municipal clerk and request that an application for an absentee ballot be sent to you for the primary or election or both.  You may make written application to your municipal clerk for an absentee ballot in person, by mail, by fax, by email or at MyVote.wi.gov.  Or you may apply in person at the clerk’s office during the In-Person Absentee Voting period listed below.

Your written request must include:

1. your voting address within the municipality where you wish to vote
2. the address where the absentee ballot should be sent, if different from the address above
3. your signature
4. a copy of your photo identification*

The deadline for making application to receive an absentee ballot by mail is:

5 pm on the fifth day before the election, August 8, 2024.

*Voters who are indefinitely confined due to age, illness, infirmity, or disability may not be required to provide photo ID. If this applies to you, contact the municipal clerk regarding deadlines for requesting and submitting an absentee ballot.

**Special absentee voting application provisions apply to electors who are indefinitely confined, in the military, hospitalized, or serving as a sequestered juror.  If this applies to you, contact the municipal clerk regarding deadlines for requesting and submitting an absentee ballot.

Voting an absentee ballot in person

You may also request and vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office or other specified location during the days and hours specified for casting an absentee ballot in person.

        Town of Montrose
        1341 Diane Avenue
        Belleville, WI  53508
       montrose@chorus.net 
       (608) 424-3848          

       July 30^th – August 8^th:  8:00AM – 12:00PM  (weekdays)                                                                                                              Aug. 9^th – 12:00PM – 5:00PM                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

The first day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office is:

Tuesday, July 30, 2024

The last day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office:

Friday, August 9, 2024

No in-person absentee voting may occur on the day before the election.

The municipal clerk will deliver voted ballots returned on or before Election Day to the proper polling place or counting location before the polls close on August 13, 2024.  Any ballots received after the polls close will not be counted.

POST MESSENGER RECORDER: TYPE E NOTICE – PUBLISH AS BOX LEGAL 7/16/24
POSTED TOWN OF MONTROSE 7/16/24

 

 

Notice of Partisan Primary and Sample Ballots

 August 13, 2024

Office of the Dane County Clerk

To the voters of Dane County:

Notice is hereby given of a partisan primary to be held in Dane County on August 13, 2024, at which the nominees for the offices named below shall be chosen. The names of the candidates for each office, whose nominations have been certified to or filed in this office, are given under the title of the office under the appropriate party, each in its proper column, together with the questions submitted to a vote, if any, in the sample ballot below.

Information to Voters

Upon entering the polling place and before being permitted to vote, a voter shall:

• state their name and address
• show an acceptable form of photo identification*
• sign the poll book**

*If a voter does not have acceptable photo identification, the voter may obtain a free photo ID for voting from the Division of Motor Vehicles. 

**If the voter is unable to sign the poll book due to disability, a poll worker may write the word “exempt.”

If a voter is not registered to vote, they may register to vote at the polling place serving their residence if the voter provides proof of residence.

Where ballots are distributed to voters, the initials of two inspectors must appear on the ballot. 

Upon being permitted to vote, the voter shall enter a voting booth or go to a machine and cast their ballot. The vote should not be cast in any manner other than specified here. Sample ballots or other materials to assist the voter in marking their ballot may be taken into the booth and copied. The sample ballot shall not be shown to anyone so as to reveal how the ballot is marked.

A voter who is a parent or guardian may be accompanied by the voter’s minor child or minor ward. 

An election official may inform the voter of the proper manner for casting a vote but the official may not advise or indicate a particular voting choice.

Assistance for Voting

A voter may select an individual to assist in casting their vote if the voter declares to the presiding official that they are unable to read, have difficulty reading, writing, or understanding English, or that due to disability are unable to cast their ballot. The selected individual rendering assistance may not be the voter’s employer or an agent of that employer or an officer or agent of a labor organization which represents the voter. If a voter is unable to state their name and address, an assistant may also do so for the voter.

At the partisan primary, the voter shall select the party of their choice. Voting for candidates of more than one party may invalidate the ballot. The voter must cast a vote for individual candidates.

Where Optical Scan Voting is used

• If a party preference is designated, and votes are cast for ballot candidates of another party or write-in votes are cast in another party, only votes cast in the designated party will count.
• If a party preference is not designated, and votes are cast for candidates (or write-in votes are cast) in more than one party, no votes will be counted

Within the party of their choice, the voter shall fill in the oval or connect the arrow next to the name of the candidate of their choice for each office for which they intend to vote. To vote for a person whose name does not appear on the ballot, the voter shall write in the name of the person of their choice in the space provided for a write-in vote and fill in the oval or connect the arrow next to the write-in line. On referendum questions, the voter shall fill in the oval or connect the arrow next to “yes” if in favor of the question, or the voter shall fill in the oval or connect the arrow next to “no” if opposed to the question.

When using an electronic ballot marking device (“Express Vote”) to mark an optical scan ballot, the voter shall touch the screen or use the tactile pad to select the party of their choice. The voter shall then touch the screen at the name of the candidate of their choice for each office for which they intend to vote. To vote for a person whose name does not appear on the ballot, the voter shall type in the name of the person of their choice in the space provided for a write-in vote. On referendum questions, the voter shall touch the screen at “yes” if in favor of the question, or the voter shall touch the screen at “no” if opposed to the question.

Spoiled Ballots

If a voter spoils an optical scan ballot, they shall return it to an election official who shall issue another ballot in its place, but not more than three ballots shall be issued to any one voter. If the ballot has not been initialed by two inspectors or is defective in any other way, the voter shall return it to the election official, who shall issue a proper ballot in its place. 

After Voting the Ballot

After an official optical scan ballot is marked, it may be inserted in the security sleeve, so the marks do not show. The voter shall then insert the ballot in the voting device and discard the sleeve or deliver the ballot to an inspector for deposit. If a central count system is used, the voter shall insert the ballot in the ballot box and discard the sleeve or deliver the ballot to an inspector for deposit. The voter shall leave the polling place promptly.

The following is a sample of the official ballot:

 

                                                                         

                                                                                          Scott McDonell, Dane County Clerk

 

The foregoing ballot contains candidates in Senate District 16 and Assembly District 47.  The following is a complete list of candidates for all Senate and Assembly Districts in Dane County. 

Democratic	Republican	Constitution	Libertarian	Wisconsin Green
14th Senate Sarah Keyeski	14th Senate Joan A. Ballweg	14th Senate None	14th Senate None	14th Senate None
16th Senate Samba Baldeh Melissa Ratcliff Jimmy Anderson	16th Senate None	16th Senate None	16th Senate None	16th Senate None
26th Senate Kelda Helen Roys	26th Senate None	26th Senate None	26th Senate None	26th Senate None
42nd Assembly Maureen McCarville	42nd Assembly Rebecca Witherspoon	42nd Assembly None	42nd Assembly None	42nd Assembly None
43rd Assembly Brienne Brown	43rd Assembly Scott L. Johnson Dylan Kurtz	43rd Assembly None	43rd Assembly None	43rd Assembly None
46th Assembly Joan Fitzgerald	46th Assembly Jenifer Quimby	46th Assembly None	46th Assembly None	46th Assembly None
47th Assembly Randy Udell Joe Maldonado	47th Assembly None	47th Assembly None	47th Assembly None	47th Assembly None
48th Assembly Bill Connors Avery K. Renk Andrew Hysell Rick E. Rose Goodwill Chekwube Obieze	48th Assembly Lisa Rubrich	48th Assembly None	48th Assembly None	48th Assembly None
50th Assembly Jenna Jacobson	50th Assembly Rich Johnson	50th Assembly None	50th Assembly None	50th Assembly None
51st Assembly Elizabeth Grabe	51st Assembly Todd Novak	51st Assembly None	51st Assembly None	51st Assembly None
76th Assembly Francesca Hong	76th Assembly None	76th Assembly None	76th Assembly None	76th Assembly None
77th Assembly Chuck Erickson Thad Schumacher Renuka Mayadev	77th Assembly None	77th Assembly None	77th Assembly None	77th Assembly None
78th Assembly Shelia Stubbs Maia Pearson	78th Assembly None	78th Assembly None	78th Assembly None	78th Assembly None
79th Assembly Lisa Subeck	79th Assembly None	79th Assembly None	79th Assembly None	79th Assembly None
80th Assembly Mike Bare Nasra Wehelia	80th Assembly Robert Relph	80th Assembly None	80th Assembly None	80th Assembly None
81st Assembly Alex Joers	81st Assembly None	81st Assembly None	81st Assembly None	81st Assembly None

 

At the Partisan Primary to be held on August 13, 2024, in the Town of Montrose Dane County, the following polling place location will be used: 

Montrose Town Hall 
1341 Diane Avenue
Belleville, WI 53508

Polling place will be open at 7:00AM and will close at 8:00PM. Polling place is accessible to elderly and voters with disabilities*. 

(*Note: This notice must contain a statement about accessibility for the elderly and people with disabilities at each polling place. If any polling places are not accessible or in compliance with federal law, contact the Wisconsin Elections Commission.) 

If you have any questions concerning your polling place, contact the municipal clerk. 

Town Clerk
1341 Diane Avenue
Belleville, WI 53508
(608) 424-3848