{"id":3997,"date":"2012-10-19T10:36:37","date_gmt":"2012-10-19T15:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/?p=3997"},"modified":"2012-10-19T10:36:37","modified_gmt":"2012-10-19T15:36:37","slug":"early-voting-and-absentee-balloting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/?p=3997","title":{"rendered":"Early Voting and Absentee Balloting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Absentee balloting is underway and early voting begins next week. The <a href=\"http:\/\/gab.wi.gov\/\">Government Accountability Board<\/a> outlines options for absentee balloting <a href=\"http:\/\/gab.wi.gov\/node\/2483\">here<\/a>. Requests for an absentee ballot must be made to a <a href=\"http:\/\/myvote.wi.gov\/\">municipal clerk<\/a> by 5 pm on <strong>Thursday, November 1<\/strong>. Voters may request a ballot by <a href=\"http:\/\/gab.wi.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/gab_forms\/4\/gab_121_application_for_absentee_ballot_2012_03__95440.pdf\">mail<\/a>, email, or fax. Absentee ballots must be postmarked by Tuesday, November 6 and received by Friday, November 9. They may also be hand-delivered (in person or by courier) by 8 pm on Election Day.<\/p>\n<p>Early voting in Wisconsin begins <strong>Monday, October 22<\/strong> and concludes <strong>Friday, November 2<\/strong>. Voters may complete an absentee ballot in person in the municipal clerk&#8217;s office during regular business hours. Some municipalities may offer extended hours to accommodate early voting. The Madison City Clerk&#8217;s office will be open weekdays Monday through Friday from 8 am to 7 pm. They will also be open Saturday, October 27 from 8 am to 4 pm and Sunday, October 28 from noon to 6 pm. More information is available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityofmadison.com\/clerk\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Proof of residency is required when registering to vote, but identification <a href=\"http:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/?p=3815\">is not required<\/a> to cast a ballot. A voter registration guide, including residency requirements, is <a href=\"http:\/\/gab.wi.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/publication\/154\/voter_registration_9_12_pdf_19989.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Absentee balloting is underway and early voting begins next week. The Government Accountability Board outlines options for absentee balloting here. Requests for an absentee ballot must be made to a municipal clerk by 5 pm on Thursday, November 1. Voters&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/?p=3997\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-3997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-state","tag-elections"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3997"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4007,"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3997\/revisions\/4007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}