VOTING BY ABSENTEE BALLOT

 

TOWN OF BLACK CREEK

 

Spring Election April 5, 2011

 

                                                   

 

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 10 days before the election.  The elector must also be registered in order to receive an absentee ballot.

 

TO OBTAIN AN ABSENTEE BALLOT YOU MUST MAKE A REQUEST IN WRITING.

 

Contact your municipal clerk and request that an application for an absentee ballot be sent to you for the or election.  You may also request an absentee ballot by 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.

 

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.

 

You can also personally go to the clerk's office or other specified location, complete a written application, and vote by absentee ballot during the hours specified for casting an absentee ballot.

Town of Black Creek

                                    Karen Herman, Clerk

                                    N5295 12 Corners Rd

                                    Black Creek, WI  54106

 

         Please telephone me at 920-730-9345 for office hours

 

Town Hall Location:  N6051 Twelve Corners Rd, Black Creek

                                                                             

 

THE DEADLINE FOR MAKING APPLICATION TO VOTE ABSENTEE BY MAIL IS 5:00  P.M., ON THURSDAY, March 31, 2011.

 

(MILITARY ELECTORS SHOULD CONTACT THE MUNICIPAL CLERK REGARDING THE DEADLINES FOR REQUESTING OR SUBMITTING AN ABSENTEE BALLOT)

 

THE DEADLINE FOR VOTING AN ABSENTEE BALLOT IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE IS 5:00 P.M., ON MONDAY, April 4, 2011.

 

ALL VOTED BALLOTS MUST BE RETURNED TO THE MUNICIPAL CLERK SO THE CLERK CAN DELIVER THEM TO THE PROPER POLLING PLACE BEFORE THE POLLS CLOSE ON April 5, 2011. 

 

ANY BALLOTS RECEIVED AFTER THE POLLS CLOSE WILL NOT BE COUNTED.