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Farm News: Farmers And Their Workers Need To VotecommentsPosted: 10.22.2010 With so much field work still happening around Wisconsin, some farm organizations are concerned that farmers and their workers will neglect their opportunity to vote on November 2nd. Casey Langan, Wisconsin Farm Bureau spokesman says this election is too important for agriculture to put harvest before their vote. Especially, he says, when there are options like an absentee ballot.
“To vote absentee, residents can either apply to their town clerk for an absentee ballot, which allows them to vote from home and mail it in, or they can stop by their town clerk’s office during normal business hours and request an absentee ballot in person and vote on the spot,” Langan explained.
An absentee ballot is available to any qualified elector who registers to vote. A qualified elector is a United States citizen, 18 years of age or older, who has resided in the district in which he or she intends to vote for at least 10 days.
If the request is made in person at the clerk's office it can be made until 5 p.m. on Monday, November 1.
According to the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, requests made by mailing in an application for an absentee ballot must be to the office of the municipal clerk no later than 5 p.m. on Thursday, October 28 (the last day a clerk can mail an absentee ballot to an elector). The application is available to download online at http://gab.wi.gov. The elector making the request must sign the application. If a request is made for more than one person residing at the same address, each person must sign the request.
Upon receiving an absentee ballot in the mail, it should be marked in the presence of an adult witness. The witness need not and should not see how you voted, only that you voted. You should fold the completed ballot, place it in the absentee ballot certificate envelope and seal the envelope. Then complete and sign the certificate and have the witness sign the certificate. Return the envelope containing the ballot either by mail (allowing enough time for it to get to the clerk before November 2) or by personal delivery to the clerk by 5 p.m. on the day before the election.
For more information, call 1-866-VOTE-WIS, or check out the Government Accountability Board’s website at http://gab.wi.gov.
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