TOWN OF LINCOLN, VILAS COUNTY
PARTISAN PRIMARY ELECTION – AUGUST 13, 2024
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*.
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 a written application to your municipal clerk for an absentee ballot by mail, fax, by email or 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:
- Your voting address within the municipality where you wish to vote
- The address where the absentee ballot should be sent, if different from address above
- Your signature
- A copy of your photo identification*
The deadline for making application to receive an absentee ballot by mail is 5 p.m. Thursday, August 8, 2024**
*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.
The first day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office is:
No earlier than 14 days before the election, Tuesday, July 30, 2024
The last day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office is 5:00 p.m. Friday, August 9, 2024.
No in-person voting may occur on the day before the election.
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.
Shelly Sauvola, Town of Lincoln Clerk
1205 Sundstein Rd, PO Box 9
Eagle River, WI 54521
(715) 479-7000
OFFICE HOURS & IN PERSON ABSENTEE VOTING
Monday through Friday
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Friday, August 9, 2024 (9:00am – 5:00pm)
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 August 13, 2024. Any ballots received after the polls close will NOT be counted.
Shelly D. Sauvola, Town Clerk/Treasurer