TOWN OF BAYFIELD

VOTING BY ABSENTEE BALLOT

General Election – November 5^th, 2024

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. 

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

• You may complete an application to request an absentee ballot be  at:  https://myvote.wi.gov/en-us/VoteAbsentee
  

• Applications are also available at https://elections.wi.gov/wec-form/absentee-ballot-request
• 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/email address where the absentee ballot should be sent, and your signature.
• A copy of an acceptable Photo ID must be provided with the request unless already on file.
• For information about acceptable photo IDs please visit http://bringit.wisconsin.gov

Mail applications to:

Town of Bayfield

Kelly Faye, Clerk

85450 Co. Hwy. J

Bayfield, WI  54814

[email protected]

Making application to receive an absentee ballot by mail

• The deadline for making application to vote absentee by mail is 5pm on the fifth day before the

   election, Thursday, October 31^st, 2024. 

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 by absentee ballot in person

• You can also personally go to the clerk’s office, complete a written application, and vote an absentee ballot during the hours specified for casting an absentee ballot:

Bayfield Town Hall

85450 County Hwy. J

Bayfield, WI  54814

Office Hours: 8AM-4PM Tuesdays or by appointment

If appointments are necessary, please email [email protected]

Photo ID will be requested of all in-person absentee voters.

• The first day to vote an absentee ballot in the Clerk’s Office is Tuesday, October 22^nd, 2024. The deadline for voting an absentee ballot in the Clerk’s Office is Friday, November 1^st, 2024.  Ballots will be received by Monday, September 22^nd, 2024. 
• No in-person absentee voting can 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 Tuesday, November 5^th, 2024.
• Your ballot must be received by your municipal clerk no later than 8:00 p.m. Any ballots received after the polls close will not be counted.

Kelly N. Faye, Clerk