Pellitteri’s will be closed on Monday, May 25, 2020 for Memorial Day.  The garbage/recycling pickup for the Town of Montrose will be on Tuesday, May 26.

The Town Board has decided that, because of the current health emergency, the Annual Meeting of Electors cannot be held as scheduled on April 21, 2020.  The Annual Meeting is indefinitely postponed.

Here’s how you voted on April 7, 2020.

Democratic Presidential Primary:  Biden, 221; Sanders, 111; Warren, 6; Yang,1.

Republican Presidential Primary:  Trump, 106; Uninstructed Delegation, 3.

Wisconsin Supreme Court:  Karofsky, 329; Kelly, 129.

District 4 Court of Appeal:  Graham, 280 (unopposed)

Dane County Circuit Court Br. 7:  Hanrahan, 284 (unopposed)

Dane County Board of Supervisors:  Downing, 302 (unopposed)

Belleville School District:  Remy, 229; Kubly, 194; Treder, 194.

Verona Area School District, Portion 3:  Navarro-Haffner, 68 (unopposed)

Verona Area School District At Large:  Biddle, 51; Ross, 23.

Oregon School District Area 2:  Mehring, 10; Garrison, 7.

Oregon School District Area 3:  LeBrun unopposed

New Glarus School District:  Eichelkraut, 3; Stuessy, 3; Geib, 2; Hendrickson, 1.

Crime Victims Rights Referendum:  Yes, 287; No, 136.

Town Referendum to appoint the Town Clerk:  Yes, 251; No, 153.

Town Referendum to appoint the Town Treasurer; Yes, 225; No, 144.

According to this morning’s newspaper, the United States Supreme Court will decide whether you really have until April 13th to return your ballot.  We have about 75 not back as of this morning, before the day’s mail – if you haven’t already mailed your ballot, you may want to drop it off at the town hall, through the slot in the office door if no one is at the hall to receive it.  If the Supreme Court grants the request currently before it, ballots received after 8 p.m. on April 7 may not be counted.  I’m very sorry that we receive and have to put out constantly changing information. 

THE POLLS ARE OPEN ON APRIL 7 FROM 7 A.M. TO 8 P.M. 

Final absentee count:  370 mailed out/voted in person – 49% of all registered voters in the township.

Today, April 3, 2020, is your last chance to vote in person prior to the election on April 7.  The Town Hall is open for voting from 10 to 12 and from 2 to 4 today.

You can also, because of yesterday’s federal court ruling, request an absentee ballot today, until 5 p.m.  Ballots will be counted if they are returned by April 13, according to that ruling.  Any ballot returned to the town hall by 8 p.m. on April 7, 2020 will be counted, however the court ruling turns out.

Please vote!  We already have 345 absentees served – 45% of the entire pool of registered voters.  And stay well.

It is necessary for the electors of the town to meet to consider whether and on what conditions to authorize the sale of Town property to the Department of Transportation (DOT) in connection with the Highway 69 reconstruction project.  If sale is not authorized, the DOT would be expected to bring condemnation proceedings against the property.   A special electors’ meeting has been scheduled for April 15, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. to consider this matter, and the regular town board meeting date changed to April 15 just after that meeting.

Applications for absentee ballots are on the front door of the town hall.  If you are a registered voter and do not want to do in person absentee voting, please take one.  When you have completed it, please put it through the slot in the office door on the side of the building together with a photocopy of your driver’s license.  An absentee ballot will be mailed to you.  This has to be done no later than Thrusday, April 2 at 5 p.m.; sooner is better because ballots must be back by the end of the election – Tuesday, April 7, 2020 at 8 p.m.

Please let any non-computer using neighbor know that they can do this without having to go to myvote.wi.gov.

We are doing very well on absentee voting.  So far, out of 766 registered voters, 186 have either voted in person absentee, or have completed applications for absentee ballots.  That’s almost 25%!

The Town Hall is now open for in person absentee voting every weekday from now (March 24) through Friday, April 3, from 10 a.m. to noon and from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.  And, of course, you can make your request for an absentee ballot any time of the day or night through Thursday, April 2 at 5 p.m., by visiting myvote.wi.gov and following the simple instructions.   Finally, you can still register either on line at myvote.wi.gov or at the town hall through Monday, March 30.  If you haven’t registered by then, you will need to come in person to the polls on election day, Tuesday, April 7.

The Montrose Town Hall will be open for in person absentee voting from 10 a.m. until noon and from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. all weekdays starting Monday, March 23, through Friday, April 3, EXCEPT for Wednesday, April 1. Requests to vote curbside can easily be accomodated. Please let your neighbors know! 

And you can apply for an absentee ballot to be mailed OR E-MAILED, until 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 2.  Because the ballots have to be back to the town hall by 8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 7, Election Day, apply sooner rather than later. Again, please encourage your neighbors to vote absentee!

The Town Hall will be observing social distancing protocols during all forms of voting.  

In person absentee voting (including curbside voting) – just call or text the town’s number (608-424-3848) to make an appointment or to check to see if the clerk is in.  This is pretty simple procedure, if you are registered.  Bring your proof of ID (in most cases, your driver’s license) with you, and vote in the office or the parking lot, as you wish.  Your ballot will be kept and counted with the other absentee votes on election day.  Last day for in person voting is the Friday before the election, April 3, 2020.  Make sure to check ahead of time – this office is not open regular hours, but the clerk will always have the phone.

Getting an absentee ballot mailed.  Go on to myvote.wi.gov and request one.  If you are registered, you can do this up until 5 days before the election.  It would be better to request sooner rather than later – if the ballot is not returned by 8 p.m. on election day it will not be counted.