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Consideration of designation of the City Hall Lower Civic Center as an alternate location for requesting and voting an absentee ballot for the August 13, 2024 Partisan Primary and November 5, 2024 General Election
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Submitted by:
Steven Braatz
Department:
City Clerk
A. Issue
Consideration of designation of an alternate location for requesting and voting an absentee ballot for the August 13, 2024 Partisan Primary and November 5, 2024 General Election
B. Background/Options
Wis Stat. 6.855 requires the governing body to designate “a site other than the office of the municipal clerk… as the location from which electors of the municipality may request and vote absentee ballots and to which voted absentee ballots shall be returned by electors for any election.” It further requires this designation to be in effect through the election, meaning this alternate location must be used for both primary and general election.
The City Clerk’s Office intends to use the City Hall Lower Civic Center for In-Person Absentee Voting (IPAV), to accommodate the potential crowds of voters during the upcoming elections. The City Attorney has deemed that the Lower Civic Center is considered an alternate location. Thus, this approval is needed in order to use the Lower Civic Center.
The statutory deadline for the Common Council to approve this designation is June 12, 2024.
C. Fiscal Impact
This move will not have any different fiscal impact than if we remained upstairs near the Clerk’s Office. However, we will need to station a City Clerk’s Office employee in the Lower Civic Center at all times of IPAV operation.
D. Recommendation
If acceptable, recommend that the Common Council designate the City Hall Lower Civic Center as an alternate location for requesting and voting an absentee ballot for the August 13, 2024 Partisan Primary and November 5, 2024 General Election