Spring Primary Election Notice

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 the 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. 

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 to apply to receive an absentee ballot by mail is:

5:00 p.m. on the fifth day before the election, (February 16, 2023)

*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.

 

TO OBTAIN AN ABSENTEE BALLOT, SEND A WRITTEN REQUEST TO THE CITY/VILLAGE/TOWNSHIP CLERK WHERE YOU RESIDE:

 

 

Rebecca Weyer, City Clerk

City of Tomah

819 Superior Avenue

Tomah, WI 54660

Phone 374-7426

M-F 8 am - 4:30 pm

 

Alex Wilson, Clerk

Town of Oakdale, PO Box 37 (By Mail)

228 Ballpark Drive (In Person)

Oakdale, WI 54649

Phone 372-9624 or 372-6475

M-F 8 am – 7 pm by Appointment Only

 

Art Tralmer

Town of LaGrange

27642 Ermine Ave

Tomah, WI 54660

Phone 608-372-3594

M-F 8 am – 7 pm by Appointment Only

 

JoAnn Cram

Village of Oakdale, PO Box 87 (By Mail)

133 Well Drive (In Person)

Oakdale, WI 54649

Phone 372-2927

Mon, Wed, Fri. 10-3 pm

 

Breanne Zaremba, Clerk

Town of Tomah

24381 Heritage Ave (In Person)

24963 Hilldale (By Mail)

Tomah, WI 54660

Phone 343-5499

M-F 8 am – 7 pm by Appointment Only

 

Lisa Waltemath

Town of Byron

32184 State Hwy 21

Warrens, WI 54666

Phone 343-7995

M-F 8 am – 7 pm by Appointment Only

 

Kathy Schmitz, Clerk

Town of Adrian

17708 Incline Road

Norwalk, WI 54648

Phone 633-1868

M-F 3-7 pm by Appointment Only

 

Joan C. Sutherland, Clerk

Village of Wyeville

209 Second Street

Wyeville, WI 54671

Phone 372-7403

M-F 6:30 pm – 7 pm or By Appointment Only

 

Mary Cook, Clerk

Town of Clifton

28003 Locust Ave.

Wilton, WI 54670

Phone – 463-7379

M-F 8 am – 7 pm by Appointment Only

 

Sandy Wood, Clerk

Town of Grant

3768 Blueberry Road

Warrens, WI 54666

Phone 378-4196

M-F 8 am – 7 pm by Appointment Only

 

Lynda Callaway, Clerk

Town of Lincoln

PO Box 98

Warrens, WI 54666

Phone 343-7168

M-F 8 am – 7 pm by Appointment Only

 

Kathy VonHaden

Town of Greenfield

11575 Fisher Road, Tomah, WI 54660 (Town Hall)

P.O. Box 201, Tunnel City, WI 54662

Phone 372-1814

M-F 8 am – 7 pm by Appointment Only

 

Kris Oakes, Clerk

Village of Warrens, PO Box 97 (By Mail)

301 Main Street (In Person)

Warrens, WI 54666

Phone 378-4177

M-F 8:00 am – 4:30 pm

 

James Van Wychen, Clerk

Town of Scott

3365 Auger Road

Warrens, WI 54666

Phone 378-4813

M-F 8 am – 7 pm by Appointment Only

The first day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office varies by municipality.  Please check with your clerk.  The City of Tomah will begin in-person absentee voting at 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, February 7, 2023.

The last day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk's office is 4:30 P.M. on

Friday, February 17, 2023, in the City of Tomah, or as designated above per municipality.

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 before the polls close on February 21, 2023Any ballots received after the polls close will not be counted.

 

Please see the election notice below for information about absentee voting in the Spring 2023 Primary Election