Category Archives: 2012 Elections

Update: Through Thursday, we have had more than 2,000 people come to City Hall to vote or register to vote in the last couple weeks, with more today, our city clerk reports. Impressive.

Just a reminder that early in-person voting at City Hall ends at 5 p.m. Friday.

Learn more in my previous post.

If you don’t vote by end day Friday, we’ll see you at the polls on Tuesday.

And if you haven’t voted in my presidential poll on the right side of the page, please do so. Go, democracy!

Starting Monday, you can vote at City Hall.

In-person absentee voting runs from Oct. 22 through Friday, Nov. 2, and you can vote during normal business hours (8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday) at 2424 15th Ave.

Learn more on the city website’s elections page, which includes sample ballots and district maps.

Remember: No photo ID is necessary, but voters will have to sign the poll book before receiving a ballot.

And you can register at City Hall. From the city site:

Voters can register at the City Clerk’s office prior to the election date or at the polling place on election day. Voters should bring their Wisconsin driver’s license or state ID card when registering. If the information on your license does not list your current address, additional documentation with the current address will be needed to establish residency. A voter must have lived at their residence for at least 28 consecutive days prior to registering. Remember, you must change your voter registration if you are new to the city, have changed residences within the city or if you had a legal name change. 

Of course, Election Day is Nov. 6.

Just wanted to call out my latest poll.

If you haven’t voted already, please do … and post your comments below!

As you know — and it’s hard to miss with the millions being spent on television commercials these days — today is election day.

Of course, the biggest (and only contested) race on the ballot locally is that for Republican U.S. senator.

Get local election basics from the city website here. Among them:

• Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• Photo ID is not necessary, but you will need to sign the voter list.
• Not sure where to vote? See a map here. Remember, all First District residents now vote at Divine Mercy School, 695 College Ave., instead of the South Milwaukee Library.
• See a Fourth Disrict sample ballot here.
• For a primary, you can only vote for candidates in the same party.

Be sure to check back to the blog for local election results Tuesday night.

To all my First District readers …

You will now vote at Divine Mercy School, 695 College Ave., instead of at the South Milwaukee Library.

This change goes into effect for Tuesday’s Senate primary election.

See my previous post on this here.

And don’t forget that in-person absentee voting continues at City Hall through 5 p.m. Friday. See my post on that here.

Not sure in which district you live? Check out the map.

South Milwaukee residents can now vote in the gubernatorial and lieutenant governor recall elections.

Voting at City Hall is open during normal city business hours through Friday, June 1, ahead of the June 5 recall election.

Learn more about voting in South Milwaukee — including checking out sample ballots — on the city website.

Absentee voting has been brisk, including in Oak Creek. I’ve been told it’s pretty busy in South Milwaukee too.

First District residents — essentially those in the northeast quadrant of the city — will soon vote at Divine Mercy School instead of the South Milwaukee Library.

The change, approved by the South Milwaukee City Council on Tuesday, takes effect July 1, so it will be in place for any August primaries and beyond.

First District residents will continue to vote at the library for the June 5 recall elections.

City Clerk Jim Shelenske suggested the move and the council agreed to it because the library is less than ideal. All voters must do so in the basement, making handicap accessibility an issue, and parking can be a problem.

Divine Mercy School, 695 College Ave., has ample accessible space and parking … making it a better option. Do you agree?

(Not sure what district you live in? See this map.)