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Voting By Absentee Ballot Info- March 21 through March 31 SPRING Election

Date and Time:

March 27 @ 8:00 am - March 30 @ 4:00 pm    

Voting by absentee ballot

 Any qualified elector who is unable or unwilling to appear at the polling place on Election Day may request to vote an absentee ballot.  A qualified elector is any U.S. citizen, who will be 18 years of age or older on Election Day, 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 in order to receive an absentee ballot.  Proof of identification must be provided before an absentee ballot may be issued.

You must make a request for 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 make an application for an absentee ballot by mail, email or in person.

 Making application to receive an absentee ballot by mail.

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

5 pm on the fifth day before the election, Thursday, March 30, 2023

Note: Special absentee voting application provisions apply to electors who are indefinitely confined to 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.

 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:

March 21, March 22, and March 23  the hours to vote are 8a-4p,  and Friday, March 24 the hours to vote are 8a-12noon

March 27, March 28, March 29, March 30  the hours to vote are 8a-4p and  Friday, March 31 the hours to vote are 8a-5pm

Camille Gerou or Kim Springer Town of Dover Clerks 262-878-2200

 The first day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office is: Tuesday, March 21, 2023 Beginning at 8am

The last day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office:  Friday, March 31, 2023 Ending at 5pm

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 April 4, 2023.  Any ballots received after the polls close will not be counted.

Original source can be found here.