| Eligibility Requirements |
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Every United States citizen age 18 or older who has resided in a municipality (city, township or village) or ward within the municipality for ten (10) days before any election is an eligible voter in that election district or ward.
- Any United States Citizen age 18 or older who moves within this state later than ten (10) days prior to an election shall vote at his or her previous election district or ward.
- Any person convicted of treason, felony or bribery is not allowed to vote unless his civil rights are restored.
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| Absentee Voting |
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Who can vote Absentee
- Any qualified elector who is either unable or unwilling to appear at the polling place on election day may request to vote an absentee ballot. To be considered a qualified elector, you must be a U.S. citizen, you must be age 18 or older on election day, and you need to have resided in the ward or municipality where you wish to vote for at least ten 10) days prior to the election. Additionally, if voter registration is required, you must also be registered.
TO OBTAIN AN ABSENTEE BALLOT, YOU MUST MAKE A REQUEST IN WRITING
- Contact your Municipal or County Clerk and request that an application for an absentee ballot be sent to you for an upcoming primary or general election or both. You may also request an absentee ballot by letter. Your written request must list your voting address within the municipality where you wish to vote, the address where the absentee ballot is to be mailed, if different, and your signature.
- Special absentee voting application provisions apply to electors who are indefinitely confined at home or a care facility, in the military, hospitalized,
or serving as a sequestered juror. If this applies to you, contact your Municipal or County Clerk.You can also personally go to the County Clerk's office, complete a written application, and vote an absentee ballot.
The deadline for making an application to vote absentee by mail is 4:30 p.m. on the Friday preceding the primary or general election.
The deadline for voting an absentee ballot in the Municipal Clerk's office is 4:30pm on the Monday
preceding the primary or general election.
- All absentee ballots must be returned to the Municipal Clerk's office so that the ballots can be delivered to the proper polling place before the polls close on election day.
- Any ballots that are received after the closing of the polls will not be counted.
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| Registration |
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Registering to vote:
- You can register to vote with your municipal clerk or the day of election. If you have a valid Wisconsin Drivers License you must use this number on the Voter Registration Form. If you have no Wisconsin Drivers License then you may use a Wisconsin DOT issued Identification Card. The only time you can use the last 4 digits of your social security number is if you do not have either of the above items.
- You must also have proof of residency. You may use your drivers license if you so wish, otherwise a utility bill will work.
- You only have to register once, unless you move or change your name.
- Voter Registration became mandatory January 1, 2006. But some people began registering in 2005. If you are unsure if you are registered you can contact your municipal clerk or the county clerk and they can tell you if you are registered.
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| Provisions for New and Former Wisconsin Residents |
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- Wisconsin law provides that electors, who qualify to vote in Wisconsin except that they do not meet the ten-dayresidency requirement, are eligible to vote for president and vice president only. In order to vote for president and vice president only, the new elector must complete the following forms. Application may be made in the office of the municipal clerk or at the polling place on election day. s.6.15, Stats. A supply of these forms
should be available at the polling place.
- Any Wisconsin resident, who meets the elector eligibility requirements of the state except that he or she has
resided in Wisconsin for less than ten days prior to the date of the presidential election, is entitled to vote for president and vice president only. Voter registration is not required of any person qualifying as a new Wisconsin resident voting for president and vice president only. In order to vote for president and vice
president, the new elector must complete this application and cancel their previous registration using the Authorization to Cancel Previous Registration New Wisconsin Resident (EB-139).
**Used to cancel previous registration of new Wisconsin resident making application to vote for president and vice president only.
- Wisconsin law also provides that former Wisconsin residents, who cannot qualify as an elector in the state to which they have moved, are eligible to vote for president and vice president only. In order to vote for president and vice president, the former Wisconsin elector must complete the following application and submit it to themunicipal clerk. s.6.18, Stats.
- Any former qualified Wisconsin elector, who is ineligible to qualify as an elector in the state to which the elector has moved, may vote an absentee ballot in the ward of the electors prior residence in any presidential election occurring within 24 months after leaving Wisconsin. To vote for president and vice president only, the elector must request an Application for Presidential Ballot Former Wisconsin Resident (EB-140) and return it,properly executed, to the municipal clerk of the electors prior Wisconsin residence. Presidential Election Provisions Page 1 of 1
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