Any qualified elector who is unable or unwilling to appear at the polling place on Election Day may request to vote an absentee ballot from their respective town or village clerk or go to https://myvote.wi.gov/en-us/vote-absentee-by-mail.

A qualified elector is any U.S. citizen who will be 18 years of age or older on Election Day and who has resided in the ward or municipality where he or she wishes to vote for at least 28 consecutive days before the election. The elector must also be registered to receive an absentee ballot.

You must request an absentee ballot in writing.

Contact your municipal clerk and request that an application for an absentee ballot be sent to you for the primary or election or both. You may also submit a written request in the form of a letter.  Your written request must list 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. You may apply for an absentee ballot by mail or in person.

The deadline for making an application to receive an absentee ballot by mail is 5 p.m. on the fifth day before the election, March 27.

Special absentee voting application provisions apply to electors who are indefinitely confined to a home or a care facility, in the military, hospitalized, or serving as a sequestered juror.  If this applies to you, contact the municipal clerk regarding deadlines for requesting and submitting an absentee ballot.

You may also request and vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office or other specified location during the days and hours specified for casting an absentee ballot in person.

No in-person absentee voting may occur on a legal holiday.

The municipal clerk will deliver voted ballots returned on or before Election Day to the proper polling place or counting location before the polls close on April 1.  Any ballots received after the polls close will not be counted.