Voting Information

Polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. Voters can call the League office at 608.232.9447, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. on November 4 to determine their polling place. All polling places in Dane County will be open on November 4.

You can register to vote or find voter registration information from

• State Government Accountability Board Elections Division [formerly known as the State Elections Board] website at http://elections.state.wi.us
• Dane County website at www.co.dane.wi.us/coclerk/
• your municipal clerk (see below)
• League of Women Voters of Dane County on this website or call 608.232.9447
• LWV online registration tool

Eligible voters are persons who are United States citizens age 18 or older who have resided in a municipality (city, village or town) or ward within a municipality for 10 days before any election.

Any persons convicted of treason, felony or bribery are not allowed to vote unless their civil rights are restored. [In Wisconsin, this is when their prison term and terms of parole or probation have been completed.]

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Pre-registration by mail occurs until the third Wednesday or 20 days before an election. To pre-register by mail, an Application for Voter Registration Form (Form EB-131) can be printed from the Web site of Wisconsin's Government Accountability Board Elections Division [formerly known as the State Elections Board] at http://elections.state.wi.us. Complete and mail the form to your municipal clerk's office, along with a photocopy of your WI Driver's License or last four digits of your social security number. Your municipality is the one to which you pay taxes, not necessarily the same as your post office or phone.

Pre-registration in person at your city, town, or village clerk's office can occur until 5 p.m. on the day before the election. Registration is also allowed at the polls on Election Day in Wisconsin.

City residents may see the information below; Village and Town residents should call their clerks for information.

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Absentee ballot requests made to your clerk must state your voting address within the municipality where you wish to vote, the address where the absentee ballot should be sent, if different, and your signature.

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• Edgerton — Please call the Edgerton City Clerk at 608.884.3341 or visit www.cityofedgerton.com.
• Fitchburg — Please call the Fitchburg City Clerk at 608.270.4200 or visit www.city.fitchburg.wi.us.
• Madison — Please call the Madison City Clerk at 608.266.4601 or visit www.cityofmadison.com/clerk/.
• Middleton — Please call the Middleton City Clerk at 608.827.1050 information or visit www.ci.middleton.wi.us.
• Monona — Please call the Monona City Clerk at 608.222.2525 or visit www.monona.wi.us.
• Stoughton — Please call the Stoughton City Clerk at 608.873.6692 or visit www.ci.stoughton.wi.us.
• Sun Prairie — Please call the Sun Prairie City Clerk at 608.837.2511 or visit www.cityofsunprairie.com.
• Verona — Please call the Verona City Clerk at 608.848.9947 or visit www.ci.verona.wi.us.

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Prospective voters MAY NOT VOTE if they:

• have lost the right to vote because a court has determined they are incapable of understanding the objective of the election process; or
• have been convicted of a felony, treason or bribery, unless their civil rights have been restored. (Civil rights are restored when the term of sentence, including probation or parole, is completed. If uncertain, check with the Department of Corrections, 608.266.2097); or
• have made a bet or wager, or will benefit from any bet or wager depending on the result of the election.

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All electors have a right to receive assistance marking their ballots if they cannot read or write or have a disability that prevents them from reading or marking the ballot. An elector may select anyone to provide the assistance other than the voter's employer or an officer or agent of a labor organization which represents the voter.

Electors who inform the inspectors of their inability to read or write, their difficulty reading, writing or understanding English, or, because of a physical disability, their inability to mark a ballot, must be informed of the right to have assistance.

1. Once the elector has informed the election inspector that he or she requires assistance voting, the voter is issued a ballot and guided to a location in the polling place to mark the ballot with as much privacy as possible.
2. Electors may select an individual to assist them to cast their vote, including an election inspector. However, that individual may not be the elector's employer or an officer or agent of a labor organization which represents the elector.
3. Persons who assist a voter must certify on the back of the ballot that it was marked with their assistance before depositing the ballot in the ballot box.
4. The name and address of the person assisting the elector must be noted on the voter lists along with the notation "assisted."

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At a polling place where no accommodation for electors with disabilities has been made or an elector is unable to enter the polling place for any reason, those electors may be given a ballot at the entrance to the polling place by two inspectors. The elector may have help in marking the ballot, if required, from an election inspector, or from any other person of the voter's choice. The individual providing assistance must certify on the back of the ballot that it was marked with their assistance.

When the voter has completed the ballot, the election inspectors return to the polling place and announce, "We have a ballot offered by. . . (state the elector's name), an elector unable to enter this room. Does anyone object to the reception of this ballot?" If no objection is made, the ballot or ballots are deposited in the appropriate ballot boxes.

A notation "ballot received at the door" is made beside the name of the elector on the voter poll list. If assistance was provided, "assisted" is also noted, along with the name and address of the person providing the assistance.