Notice of Location and Hours of Polling Place
At the Partisan Primary to be held on November 8, 2022, in the Town of Montrose of Dane County, the following polling place location will be used:
Location
Town Hall 1341 Diane Ave, Belleville, WI 53508
Polling place will open at 7:00 A.M. and will close at 8:00 P.M. Polling place is accessible to elderly and voters with disabilities*.
*(Note: This notice must contain a statement about accessibility for the elderly and people with disabilities at each polling place. If any polling places are not accessible or in compliance with federal law, contact the Wisconsin Elections Commission.)
If you have any questions concerning your polling place, contact the municipal clerk.
Town Clerk
1341 Diane Avenue, Belleville, WI 53508
608-424-3848
VOTING BY ABSENTEE BALLOT (Type E Notice)
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 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 in person, by mail, by fax, by email or at MyVote.wi.gov.
Your written request must include:
- your voting address within the municipality where you wish to vote
- the address where the absentee ballot should be sent, if different from the address above
- your signature
- a copy of your photo identification*
The deadline for making application to receive an absentee ballot by mail is:
5 pm on the fifth day before the election, November 4, 2022.
*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 contact the clerk to set up an appointment for casting an absentee ballot in person.
Jennifer Novinska, Clerk
Telephone (Call or text): 608-424-3848
Email: montrose@chorus.net
The first day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office is:
Tuesday, October 25, 2022
The last day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk's office:
Friday, November 4, 2022
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 or counting location before the polls close on November 8, 2022. Any ballots received after the polls close will not be counted.
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* The Type E Notice for a special primary or election for national state, county or municipal or special district office, not held concurrently with the spring or general election, is published on the 3rd Tuesday preceding the primary or election. Wis. Stat. §§10.01(2)(e), 10.06(3)(f).
Please note: USPS mail may take a week or more to deliver absentee ballots.
PUBLIC TESTING
ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM
Tuesday, November 1, 2022
10:30 AM
Montrose Town Hall
1341 Diane Avenue
Belleville WI 53508
The Town of Montrose will be holding public testing of the electronic voting system. The test shall be conducted by processing a pre-audited group of ballots so marked as to record a predetermined number of valid votes for each candidate and on each referendum (if any). The test will include for each office one or more ballots which have votes in excess of the number allowed by law and, for a partisan primary election, one or more ballots which have votes cast for candidates of more than one recognized political party, in order to test the ability of the automatic tabulating equipment to reject such votes. The Clerk shall make an errorless count before the automatic tabulating equipment is approved by the Clerk to use in the elections.
Jennifer Novinska
Town Clerk
Posted on 10 October 2022 at Montrose Town Hall, Paoli Park, & uploaded to townofmontrose.com
Notice of General Election
November 8, 2022
Office of the Montrose Clerk
To the voters of Town Of Montrose:
Notice is hereby given of a partisan primary to be held in Dane County on August 9, 2022, at which the nominees for the offices named below shall be chosen. The names of the candidates for each office, whose nominations have been certified to or filed in this office, are given under the title of the office under the appropriate party, each in its proper column, together with the questions submitted to a vote, if any, in the sample ballot below.
Information to Voters
Upon entering the polling place and before being permitted to vote, a voter shall:
- state their name and address
- show an acceptable form of photo identification*
- sign the poll book**
*If a voter does not have acceptable photo identification, the voter may obtain a free photo ID for voting from the Division of Motor Vehicles.
**If the voter is unable to sign the poll book due to disability, a poll worker may write the word “exempt.”
If a voter is not registered to vote, they may register to vote at the polling place serving their residence if the voter provides proof of residence.
Where ballots are distributed to voters, the initials of two inspectors must appear on the ballot.
Upon being permitted to vote, the voter shall enter a voting booth or go to a machine and cast their ballot. The vote should not be cast in any manner other than specified here. Sample ballots or other materials to assist the voter in marking their ballot may be taken into the booth and copied. The sample ballot shall not be shown to anyone so as to reveal how the ballot is marked.
A voter who is a parent or guardian may be accompanied by the voter's minor child or minor ward.
An election official may inform the voter of the proper manner for casting a vote but the official may not advise or indicate a particular voting choice.
Assistance for Voting
A voter may select an individual to assist in casting their vote if the voter declares to the presiding official that they are unable to read, have difficulty reading, writing, or understanding English, or that due to disability are unable to cast their ballot. The selected individual rendering assistance may not be the voter's employer or an agent of that employer or an officer or agent of a labor organization which represents the voter. If a voter is unable to state their name and address, an assistant may also do so for the voter.
At the partisan primary, the voter shall select the party of their choice. Voting for candidates of more than one party may invalidate the ballot. The voter must cast a vote for individual candidates.
Where Paper Ballots are Used
- The voter shall choose the ballot of the party of their choice.
If the voter votes on more than one party ballot, no votes will be counted.
On the party ballot of their choice, the voter shall make an (X) or other mark in the square next to the name of the candidate of their choice for each office for which they intend to vote. To vote for a person whose name does not appear on the ballot, the voter shall write in the name of the person of their choice in the space provided for a write-in vote. On referendum questions, the voter shall make an (X) or other mark in the square next to "yes" if in favor of the question, or the voter shall make an (X) or other mark in the square next to "no" if opposed to the question.
Where Optical Scan Voting is used
- If a party preference is designated, and votes are cast for ballot candidates of another party or write-in votes are cast in another party, only votes cast in the designated party will count.
- If a party preference is not designated, and votes are cast for candidates (or write-in votes are cast) in more than one party, no votes will be counted
Within the party of their choice, the voter shall fill in the oval or connect the arrow next to the name of the candidate of their choice for each office for which they intend to vote. To vote for a person whose name does not appear on the ballot, the voter shall write in the name of the person of their choice in the space provided for a write-in vote and fill in the oval or connect the arrow next to the write-in line. On referendum questions, the voter shall fill in the oval or connect the arrow next to "yes" if in favor of the question, or the voter shall fill in the oval or connect the arrow next to "no" if opposed to the question.
When using an electronic ballot marking device (“Automark,” Express Vote,” “Clear Access” or “ImageCast Evolution (ICE)” to mark an optical scan ballot, the voter shall touch the screen or use the tactile pad to select the party of their choice. The voter shall then touch the screen at the name of the candidate of their choice for each office for which they intend to vote. To vote for a person whose name does not appear on the ballot, the voter shall type in the name of the person of their choice in the space provided for a write-in vote. On referendum questions, the voter shall touch the screen at "yes" if in favor of the question, or the voter shall touch the screen at "no" if opposed to the question.
Where Touch Screen Voting is Used
The voter shall touch the screen or use the tactile pad to select the party of their choice. The voter shall then touch the screen at the name of the candidate of their choice for each office for which they intend to vote. To vote for a person whose name does not appear on the ballot, the voter shall type in the name of the person of their choice in the space provided for a write-in vote. On referendum questions, the voter shall touch the screen at "yes" if in favor of the question or the voter shall touch the screen at "no" if opposed to the question.
Spoiled Ballots
If a voter spoils a paper or optical scan ballot, they shall return it to an election official who shall issue another ballot in its place, but not more than three ballots shall be issued to any one voter. If the ballot has not been initialed by two inspectors or is defective in any other way, the voter shall return it to the election official, who shall issue a proper ballot in its place.
The voter may spoil a touch screen ballot at the voting station before the ballot is cast.
After Voting the Ballot
After an official paper ballot is marked, it shall be folded so the inside marks do not show, but so the printed endorsements and inspectors' initials on the outside do show. The voter shall then deposit the voted ballot in the ballot box, or deliver the ballot to an inspector for deposit, and deposit the un-voted ballots in the discard box. The voter shall leave the polling place promptly.
After an official optical scan ballot is marked, it may be inserted in the security sleeve, so the marks do not show. The voter shall then insert the ballot in the voting device and discard the sleeve or deliver the ballot to an inspector for deposit. If a central count system is used, the
voter shall insert the ballot in the ballot box and discard the sleeve or deliver the ballot to an inspector for deposit. The voter shall leave the polling place promptly.
After an official touch screen ballot is marked, the voter shall leave the polling place promptly.
(Jennifer Novinska, Town Clerk
