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Advance voting to get under way Monday

By JIM LEUTE ( Contact ) Friday, October 19, 2012 - 5:11 a.m.

JANESVILLE--Starting Monday, voters can cast their ballots for the November election.

While advance voting for the Nov. 6 election is already under way in some states, it will begin Monday in Wisconsin and run through Friday, Nov. 2.

Ballots must be cast in person at the voter’s municipal clerk’s office.

Absentee ballots cast by mail are now being accepted. Registered voters can request absentee ballots by mail, email or fax from their municipal clerk’s offices. The clerk must receive the application by Thursday, Nov. 1, for an absentee ballot to be sent.

The absentee ballot must be postmarked no later than Nov. 6 (Election Day) and received at the appropriate municipal clerk’s office by Friday, Nov. 9, in order to be counted.

People who have moved or changed their names since last voting must re-register to vote. They can do so at the polls on Election Day or ahead of time at their clerk’s office.

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Oct 19, 2012 at 3:19 p.m.
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Jarod
Oct 19, 2012 at 8:34 a.m.
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Actually, "In-person Absentee Voting" at the Clerk's Office of each municipality begins Monday, October 22nd and ends Friday, November 2 at 5:00 pm. Electors vote their ballot and place and seal them in Certificate Envelopes which must be signed by the Voter, as well as a witness (who must also provide their address and is also a US citizen, etc). In the case of "In-person Absentee Voting", the Clerk or municipal designee must be the witness. These envelopes are then stored with all other absentee voted envelopes and will be only opened and placed in the electronic voting machine on Election Day. No votes will be tabulated "early" as the term early voting suggests.

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