Voting question

[adamb100]

Hi all,

 

With the elections coming up tomorrow I'm wondering what I'll need to vote. I registered about a year ago so I got that covered. The question I have is what do I need to bring with me to vote? I dont have a state issued ID but I do have a UWM id card if that helps. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

 

Thanks

[Baldkin]

Should answer all your questions here:

 

http://www.vote411.org/bystateresult.php?state=WI

[hawing]

If you still live at the address at which you registered last year, you should not have to register again.

 

If your address has changed since you registered last year, expect to have to register again. You'd need to present proof of identity and your current address. A Wisconsin driver's license or non-driving state ID card is preferred, along with a document (lease, utility bill, or a reasonably official piece of mail - i.e. not a personal letter or Resident mail) that shows you have been living at your current address for at least 10 days.

Your UWM card might be OK to establish proof of identity, but can't be used alone if it doesn't have your address on it (and I don't think UW ID cards include address info).

 

According to this information from the state's Government Accountability Board, if you lack a valid driver's license, you can supply the last four digits of your Social Security number.

 

Hope that helps.

 

Edit: Or yeah, what Baldkin said.

[Team Canada]

Not that it helps you now, early voting = awesome. I don't want to imagine some of the lines tomorrow..

[hawing]

Yeah, if you live in Madison and vote at 306 N. Brooks (across from Grainger), the line was out the door, down Brooks St. and around the corner to Johnson already, at 7:30.

[GoudaBrew]

Not that it helps you now, early voting = awesome. I don't want to imagine some of the lines tomorrow..

I have to disagree. At least down here, early voting was only offered at the County Clerk's office. I attempted to vote early last week and the line was at least 200 people deep and was not moving. I got there about an hour before polls closed, so I decided to wait until this morning. The line was very short and moved quickly. The whole process took less than 20 minutes. I suppose it all depends on the location and timing though.

[brewcrew00]

Anyone been down to vote on Broadway this morning (in MKE)? Just curious what I'm looking at for lines and all that good stuff.

[bork]

I waited an hour in muskego at 9 AM, and the line was quite a bit longer when I left.

[1992casey]

I voted at 10:19 AM and was the 73rd person to vote. There were three people ahead of me, and the wait was probably about 5-7 minutes. Now that we have a touch screen, only one person can vote at a time.

 

I like voting absentee, although I prefer to do it in person rather than via the mail. A couple of times, I've voted in the houses of whoever was in charge of balloting at those times. When I voted absentee in this year's Wisconsin primary, I voted at one of the banks.

[hawing]

I left work at 9:25, reached the polling place at 9:40, and was in and out by 9:44, number 507 to vote in my ward. Booyah.

 

The longest part was getting back to work, since the vote went so quickly that no return bus was due to come back sooner than I could walk. But the weather is flat-out gorgeous today, so that was pretty nice.

[GAME05]

nice. i walked to my voting place at 1:30 today and the line was one person deep. i can only imagine the mass of people once work gets out, though. got to imagine we'll have a record percentage of voters this year, which is pretty cool.

[thevaccinator27]

I voted today. 2.5 hr wait. First time I ever had to wait and I've only missed 2 elections (both Spring primaries, I believe) in the last 13 years. I'm voiting early next presidential election for sure.

[BuckyBrewer61]

I voted at the Madison Public Library (on the capitol loop) at 11 AM and the line was all of 1 person long. Some places, like on a college campus, will be packed all day long, but I figure in most places if you are able to go between 9 AM-4 PM you should find the least amount of traffic.

[Bikeage77]

Went to Tosa East and was in and out in about 5 minutes (voter 692). There were student government kids out there doing a brief survey. It was about 12 multiple choice questions and that took longer than voting itself. I've never waited longer than 5 minutes there. Not looking forward to standing in lines when I move to Milwaukee. Pierce Street School is always insanity.

[bacon06]

Voting in Maple Grove, Wisconsin took less than 5 minutes and I was outnumbered by workers 6 to 1. Gotta love the rural life!

[Schlitz001]

I went down to my local courthouse about a week ago to see if I could vote early and the lines were insanely long, so I went home. I voted at noon today at my local polling place (the Friendship House) and there was zero wait time. I was in and out in about 5 minutes.

[DHonks]

Adam, you need either a state issued drivers license or non-drivers' license ID. I was always taught that state law says that once 18, you must have ID on you at all times

[ewizabeff]

If you're already registered at your current address you need absolutely nothing to vote in the state of Wisconsin. Asking a registered voter to provide ID to vote is actually illegal.

[brucrustu]

When I voted tuesday; the guy ahead of me tried to provide his drivers license. The two poll workers were like "WHOAAH, NOOOOO!!!!!!"

 

With it being a contoversial issue I'm sure they were told "under no circumstances do you look at an id"

 

My id is that the clerk knows me.

 

When the other ballot lady asked my name, the clerk sez "You don't know BCS? What's wrong with you?"

[ewizabeff]

They can look at ID if the voter voluntarily provides it (which is helpful in loud rooms for people with unique names), they just can't ask for ID. But they were probably just being safe.