MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – Wisconsin’s party-political primaries will take place Tuesday, where voters will choose their candidate for the November general election and decide the fate of two proposed constitutional amendments.
Here’s what you need to know to cast your vote:
“Polling hours are the same across the state, no matter where you live,” said Meagan Wolfe, Wisconsin’s elections director. “You have to be in line at 8 p.m. to vote.”
Wolfe also wants to inform voters that they can only vote for candidates from one party in the party primaries.
“If you do not select a party preference on your ballot,” Wolfe said, “and accidentally vote for candidates from multiple parties, no votes will be counted.”
If you haven’t mailed your ballot yet, plan to vote in person.
“It is too late to ensure that a mail-in ballot mailed today will arrive at your local election office in time to be counted,” Wolfe said.
Voter turnout is traditionally lower in primaries. According to Wolfe, election officials had received 299,021 ballots by Monday morning.
“If your local election official has drop boxes available,” Wolfe said, “they will make it clear to voters when the last time they can drop off their paperwork is to ensure they arrive at the polling place on time.”
If you want to see what will be on your ballot or where your nearest polling place is before you vote, you can visit myvote.wi.gov.
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