Absentee Ballot Information

January 24, 2023

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 by mail, email, or online 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 reside.
  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:

5:00 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 during the days and hours specified for casting an absentee ballot in person.

 Town of Newton Town Hall, 6532 Carstens Lake Road, Manitowoc, WI 54220

Alyssa Grotegut, 920-905-4906 – Available by appointment ONLY

 

The first day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office is: Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Call 920-905-4906 or email newtonclerk24@gmail.com to set up an appointment

 

The last day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office is: Friday, February 17, 2023

        Last appointment will be scheduled no later than 5:00 P.M

 

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, 2023.  Any ballots received after the polls close will not be counted.

Dated this 24th day of January 2023. 

Alyssa Grotegut, Clerk

Town of Newton

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