Starting Monday, you can cast a vote in the Nov. 4 election.
In-person absentee voting opens then, meaning you can vote at South Milwaukee City Hall during regular business hours through 5 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 31.
You don’t need a reason to vote this way — you can simply show up and request a ballot and cast it right there.
Learn more on the city’s elections web page, where you can also see a sample ballot.
And keep in mind that an ID is not required to vote for this election.
Filed under 2014 Elections, South Milwaukee
Can’t make it to the polls on Tuesday? There is still time to vote in person at City Hall for the 21st Assembly District special election.
Be sure to do so by 5 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 15. After that point, you’ll only be able to vote at the polls on Tuesday.
Learn more on the city’s Facebook page — and if you haven’t liked that page yet, please do so!
And check out the city website’s elections page.
Filed under 2013 Elections
Just wondering what you’re encountering out there …
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(And check back here later for full local results.)
Update: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel spoke with a poll worker at Divine Mercy School in this article …
At Divine Mercy School in South Milwaukee, chief Jean Ruka said there were many absentee ballots and an influx of new voters.
“Many new registrations, which is good,” Ruka said. “People who have never voted before, some of them over 40 (years old) which was impressive that they finally found a reason to vote.”
Ruka said she thought voters were better informed than usual this year and were coming in with the required documents.
Filed under 2012 Elections
No reminder needed, but here it is anyway: Tuesday is election day, and I hope everyone reading this blog will do their democratic duty and vote.
Here are some particulars:
Your patience is appreciated, as I’m betting there will be lines, even though the city clerk’s office has been proactive in adding staff to help with the expected large turnout: 80 poll workers in all, in addition to two coming in for lunch and supper breaks. Extra staff has also been added to the actual clerk’s office, and more than a dozen South Milwaukee High School students are volunteering to do their part.
Learn more on the city’s elections page, and be sure to check back to South Milwaukee Blog Tuesday night for local election returns.
See you at the polls!
Filed under 2012 Elections
I was able to attend Thursday’s voter photo identification law information session at South Milwaukee’s City Hall, and I was glad I did.
I learned quite a bit from the presentation from the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board.
Of course, the most-publicized major impact of the law is probably its most controversial: Voters must show a photo ID in order to vote beginning this year. And all voters must sign a poll list before being issued a ballot.
Other mandates, however, were more of a surprise to me. Among them:
In the end, I support the new law, which will clearly bring some major changes to how we vote in Wisconsin. The new requirements are reasonable and provide good safeguards to further protect the integrity of the vote.
But I also have this message: Be patient at the polls.
The ID and signature requirements will slow down the voting process, no question about it. Tests done by the GAB showed it took at least 20 seconds per voter to accomplish these tasks — and when you multiply that by hundreds, if not thousands, of voters that you’ll see during high-turnout elections like the upcoming presidential primary and gubernatorial recall and it’s significant.
South Milwaukee poll workers — who comprised most of the approximately 30 people in attendance on Thursday, as the meeting was presented by the city clerk’s office — do their best, but there is a learning curve for them, too, with the new voting rules. Please keep that in mind.
Filed under 2012 Elections
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