VOTING BY ABSENTEE BALLOT
Absentee ballot requests for the APRIL 1, 2025
SPRING ELECTION
Any qualified elector who is unable or unwilling to appear at the polling place on Election Day may request to vote an absentee ballot. A qualified elector is any U.S. citizen, who will be 18 years of age or older on Election Day, who has resided in the ward or municipality where he or she wishes to vote for at least 28 consecutive days before the election. The elector must also be registered in order to receive an absentee ballot. Proof of identification must be provided before an absentee ballot may be issued.
You must make a request for an absentee ballot in writing or online at MyVote.wi.gov.
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 also submit a written request in the form of a letter, or you may apply for an absentee ballot online at MyVote.wi.gov. Your written request must list your voting address within the municipality where you wish to vote, the address where the absentee ballot should be sent, if different, and your signature. You may make application to your municipal clerk for an absentee ballot in person, by mail, by fax, by email or at MyVote.wi.gov.
Voting an absentee ballot by mail
The deadline for making application to receive an absentee ballot by mail is: 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 27, 2025.
Note: Special absentee voting application provisions apply to electors who are indefinitely confined to home or a care facility, 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.
**The first day to vote by Absentee ballot in the municipal clerk’s office is Tuesday-March 18, 2025.
Days & Times available to vote In-Person Absentee at the Clerk's office are as follows: 9:00am to 1:00pm on Tuesdays-March 18 & 25 & on Thursdays-March 20 & 27 ; And from 9:00am to 5:00pm on Friday-March 28 (closed Noon to1pm for lunch on Friday) OR by appointment – Call 715-253-3222 – Maria Donat – Clerk
The municipal clerk will deliver voted ballots returned on or before Election Day to the proper polling place before the polls close on April 1, 2025. Any ballots received after the polls close will not be counted.
No in-person absentee voting may occur on the day before the election.