2025 Wisconsin spring election in-person absentee voting starts Tuesday
In-person absentee voting starts Tuesday
In-person absentee voting in the 2025 Wisconsin spring election starts Tuesday, March 18.
MILWAUKEE - In-person absentee voting in the 2025 Wisconsin spring election starts Tuesday, March 18.
Timeline:
The spring election will be held statewide on Tuesday, April 1. There are a number of key dates leading up to election day:
- Tuesday, March 18: Start of in-person absentee voting
- Thursday, March 27: 5 p.m. deadline for electors to request absentee ballots
- Friday, March 28: 5 p.m. deadline for absentee ballot requests to be submitted by mail, online, email, or fax to receive absentee ballot for the spring election; deadline for electors to register to vote in municipal clerks' offices; AND deadline for indefinitely confined electors and military electors to request absentee ballots by mail online, email or fax for the spring election
- Sunday, March 30: Statewide deadline for in-person applications for absentee ballots. Municipalities may set an earlier final date.
- Monday, March 31: 5 p.m. deadline for special voting deputies to conduct absentee voting.
- Tuesday, April 1: Polls open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
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What to know
What you can do:
All voters must provide a proof of residence document to register. That includes a valid State of Wisconsin driver's license or state ID card. There are several other acceptable forms of ID that will be accepted at the polls.
If you are unsure of where to vote, what's on your ballot or how to register to vote, visit the MyVote Wisconsin website.
What's next:
MyVote Wisconsin also makes it convenient for voters to track their ballot. You can see if a ballot request has been received or processed, find out whether your ballot has been sent, and find out whether there was a problem with a ballot.
Voting in Milwaukee
Local perspective:
In Milwaukee, those interested in voting in-person absentee can do so at a number of locations starting Tuesday. The following locations will offer in-person absentee voting:
- Capitol Drive Voting Center
- Clinton Rose Senior Center
- Good Hope Library
- Milwaukee Area Technical College Downtown Campus S Building
- Mitchell Street Library
- Tippecanoe Library
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Zelazo Center
- Washington Park Senior Center
- Zablocki Library
- Zeidler Municipal Building
A list can be found on the Milwaukee Election Commission website.
The Source: Information in this report is from the Wisconsin Elections Commission and Milwaukee Election Commission.