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Wisconsin Election Laws:
Photo ID and Other Recent Changes
Effective 2012
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Your Clerk’s Office 25570 Akan Drive Blue River, WI 53518 Call Clerk Leifheit at 608-872-2274 for help www.townofakan@mwt.net
contains a signature block for each voter. Only one poll book needs to be signed.
Votes unable to sign the poll book because of a phsical disability are exempt from this
requirement. If this applies to you, tell the election officials that you are unable to sign because of a disability. Election officials will write "exempt" in your signature block.
Hospitalized Voters
Hospitalized voters may appoint an agent to pick up their ballot from the clerk's office. The agent must present the hospitalized voter's photo ID to the clerk's office.
VOTER REGISTRATION CHANGES
You can register to vote up until the Friday before the election or on Election Day. You must reside at your address for 28 consecturive days to be eligible to vote, and you may not longe use a corroborating witness as proof of residence. Proof of residence is required when registering less than 20 days before an election, on Election Day, and for first time Wisconsin voters registering by mail. For more information on acceptable proof of residence documents contact your local municipal clerk.
Beginning in 2012, you cannot receive a ballot until you have met ID requirements. (See the “Photo ID Exemptions and Exception” section.)
Your photo ID does not need to show a current address.
Acceptable forms of Photo ID
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§ Military ID card*
*The above documents may not have expired earlier than the date of the last November election.
§ Certificate of naturalization issued within last two years
§ Unexpired
§ ID card issued by a federally recognized Indian tribe in
§ Unexpired ID issued by a Wisconsin accredited university or college that contains an issuance date, student signature, and expiration date within two years of issuance, along with a separate document showing proof of current enrollment.
If you are eligible to vote but do not have an acceptable ID, you may obtain a free ID for purposes of voting. Please visit http://gab.wi.gov and click “Voter Photo ID” for more information.
Photo ID is always required when voting at the polling place and at the clerk’s office unless you are a confidential elector.
Photo ID is not required for these absentee voters:
§ Military electors
§ Voters who are permanently abroad
§ Confidential electors
Photo ID is not required, but is replaced with alternative requirements for these absentee voters:
§ Indefinitely confined voters
§ Nursing home and other care facility residents who have ballots delivered by a Special Voting Deputy
§ Residents of care facilities who are not visited by a Special Voting Deputy
For further information contact your municipal clerk.
Provisional Ballots: Voters who do not provide Photo ID
Voters, including absentees, who are required but unable to provide photo ID may vote by provisional ballot.
Provisional ballots are not counted unless the voter provides an acceptable photo ID to the municipal clerk by 4 p.m. the Friday after the election.
Absentee in the Clerk’s Office
Absentee voting in the clerk’s office is now restricted to the two weeks before an election. Absentee voting now ends at the close of business the Friday before the election.
The new law prohibits absentee voting and voter registration the Saturday, Sunday or Monday before an election.
Beginning in 2012, absentee voters in the clerk’s office must present the same type of photo ID required at the polls .
Absentee Requests by Mail
Beginning in 2012, absentee requests for ballots sent by mail must be accompanied by a photocopy of an acceptable form of voter ID (see list on the left).
Once you have sent the clerk’s office a photocopy of your ID, you will not need to send photocopies with future absentee ballot requests by mail, fax or email unless you change your name or address.
Absentee Requests by Email / Fax
If submitting an absentee request via fax or email, you must either include a photocopy of acceptable ID with your request or in your absentee ballot envelope.
GAB-WELPI-201010
Voter registration forms - http://gab.wi.gov/forms/gab-131-English
Absentee Form Request - http://gab.wi.gov/forms/gab-121-English