Voting

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Elections for 2023

VOTING BY ABSENTEE BALLOT

Any qualified elector who is unable or unwilling to appear at the polling place on Election Day may submit a request to vote an absentee ballot to their municipal clerk.  A qualified elector is any U.S. citizen who:

• will be 18 years of age or older on Election Day.

• has resided in the ward or municipality where they wish to vote for at least 28 consecutive days before the election.

The elector must also be registered to vote to receive an absentee ballot.  Proof of identification must be provided before an absentee ballot may be issued*.

Making application to receive an absentee ballot by mail

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 make written application to your municipal clerk for an absentee ballot by mail, email, or online at MyVote.wi.gov. Or you may apply in person at the clerk’s office during the In-Person Absentee Voting period listed below.

Your written request must include:

1. Your voting address within the municipality where you reside.

2. The address where the absentee ballot should be sent, if different from the address above.

3. Your signature.

4. A copy of your photo identification. *

The deadline for making application to receive an absentee ballot by mail is:

5:00 p.m. on the fifth day before the election – March 30, 2023**.

*Voters who are indefinitely confined due to age, illness, infirmity, or disability may not be required to provide photo ID. If this applies to you, contact the municipal clerk regarding deadlines for requesting and submitting an absentee ballot.

**Special absentee voting application provisions apply to electors who are indefinitely confined, 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.

Voting an absentee ballot in person

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

Town of Manitowoc 1805 Lissa Lane, Manitowoc, WI 54220

Geraldine “Jeri” Gilbert, 920-901-5072 - Available by appointment ONLY

The first day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office is: Tuesday, March 21, 2023

         Call 920-901-5072 or email mnjgilbert@comcast.net to set up an appointment.

The last day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk's office is: Friday, March 31, 2023

         Last appointment will be scheduled no later than 5:00 P.M.

No in-person absentee voting may occur on the day before the election. The municipal clerk will deliver voted ballots returned on or before Election Day to the proper polling place before the polls close on April 4, 2023.  Any ballots received after the polls close will not be counted.

Dated this 7^th day of March 2023.

Geraldine Gilbert, Clerk

Town of Manitowoc           

Frequently Asked Questions

•  Can persons convicted of a felony vote?
   A person who has been convicted of a felony may not vote until the term of his or her sentence, including probation or parole, has been served.
•  What if a person moves away but indicates that he or she has the intent to return?
   So long as he or she has not registered to vote at the new municipality, he or she may retain his or her right to vote in the former municipality.
•  What if the elector has recently moved to the municipality?
•  Individuals who have moved within the state, but have resided at their new address fewer than twenty-eight days must vote at the polling place that served their previous residence. Individuals who have recently moved to the state and resided at their address fewer than twenty-eight days may vote for President and Vice President only by completing the Application for Presidential Ballot – New Wisconsin Resident (EB-141).
•  Can a spouse or family member request an absentee ballot on behalf of his/her relative?
   No. The clerk is required to obtain a signed, written request from each elector before issuing an absentee ballot.
•  Can a voter take a ballot out of the clerk’s office?
   No. An elector may not take the ballot out of the clerk’s office. However, an absentee voter may obtain and cast a ballot inside the clerk’s office.
•  Rather than returning a ballot by mail, can an absentee elector deliver the ballot to the polling place?
   Yes. If the absentee elector returns the ballot to the polling place, the election inspectors must indicate that the absentee ballot was hand-   delivered on the Inspectors’ Statement (EB-104)