Spring Election Information
2025
Notice of Public Test of Electronic Voting Equipment
Town of Arena
NOTICE OF PUBLIC TEST OF ELECTRONIC VOTING EQUIPMENT
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the public test of the DS200 Precinct
Ballot Scanner (tabulator) and the Express Vote voting equipment for
the Tuesday, April 1, 2025 Spring Primary for the Town of Arena will
be run on Monday, March 24, 2025 at 8:30 AM.
The test will take
place at the Town of Arena office located at 148 US Highway 14,
Arena WI.
If you have any questions concerning the testing of the voting
machine, please contact:
Cheryl Schmidt, Town of Arena Clerk (608-753-2650)
Julie Jensen, Deputy Clerk (608-358-9614)
Evy Halverson, Deputy Clerk (608-753-2462)
Notice of Public Test
Dated: March 20, 2025
Type D Notice
Town of Arena
Notice of Location and Hours of Polling Place
At the Spring Election
to be held on April 1, 2025, in the Town of Arena, Iowa County, WI,
the
following polling place locations will be used for the wards indicated:
Location Wards
Town of Arena Office Wards 1,2,3
148 US Highway 14
Arena, WI 53503
The polling place will open at 7:00 A.M. and will close at 8:00 P.M.
The
polling place is accessible to elderly and voters with disabilities*.
If you have any questions concerning your polling place, contact:
Cheryl Schmidt, Town of Arena Clerk
148 US Highway 14
608-686-3448
Evy Halverson, Deputy Clerk Julie Jensen, Deputy Clerk
608-753-2462 608-358-9614
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Notice of Meeting of the Local and Municipal Board of Canvassers (MBOC)
At the close of voting on Election Day, pursuant to the provisions of Wis. Stat. § 19.84, the Election
Inspectors will convene as a joint meeting of the Local Board of Canvassers and the MBOC for the
purpose of conducting the local and municipal canvasses pursuant to Wis. Stat. §§7.51 and 7.53(1).
This meeting will be open to the public pursuant to Wis. Stat. §§ 19.81-89.
Notice of Meeting of MBOC to Process Rehabilitated Provisional Ballots
If provisional ballots have been issued and are subsequently cured by the voter before 4:00 p.m. on the
Friday after the election, the MBOC must meet no later than the following Monday at 9:00 a.m. to
process the cured provisional ballots.
This is a public meeting and requires applicable notice.
Type D Notice of Polling Hours and Location
Posted: March 20, 2025
Type E Notice
TOWN of ARENA -VOTING BY ABSENTEE BALLOT (Type E notice)
Any qualified elector who is unable or unwilling to appear at the polling place on
Election Day
TUESDAY, April 1, 2025 Spring Election may submit a request to vote an absentee
ballot to their municipal clerk. A qualified elector is any U.S. citizen, who:
-will be 18 years of age or older on Election Day,
-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.
You must make a request for an absentee ballot in writing or online at
MyVote.wi.gov.
To request and absentee ballot please submit a written request in the form of a letter
OR apply for an absentee ballot online at MyVote.wi.gov. Your written request must
include:
your voting address within the municipality where you wish to vote
the address where the absentee ballot should be sent, if different from the address
above
your signature
a copy of your photo identification*
The deadline for making application to receive an absentee ballot by mail is:
5:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 27, 2025
*Voters who are indefinitely confined due to age, illness, infirmity or disability may not be
required to provide photo ID. If this applies to you, contact the municipal clerk regarding
deadlines for requesting and submitting an absentee ballot.
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 Town of Arena Clerk regarding
deadlines for requesting and submitting an absentee ballot. Town of Arena In-Person Absentee Voting
Town Office: 148 US Highway 14
Saturday, March 29, 2025 from 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
(COMPLETED ABSENTEE BALLOTS MAY ALSO BE DROPPED OFF AT THIS TIME)
Beginning March 18th you may schedule an appointment to
vote
in-person absentee by calling:
Julie Jensen (608) 358-9614
(Deputy Clerk/Chief Election Inspector)
No in-person absentee voting may occur on the day before the election.
Any ballots received after the polls close at 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 1, 2025
will not be counted.
Notice of Spring Primary
Office of the IOWA COUNTY Clerk
To the voters of Iowa County:
Notice is hereby given of a spring election to be held in IOWA County on April 1, 2025, at which the officers named below shall be chosen.
The names of the candidates for each office, whose nominations have been certified to or filed in this office, are given under the title of the office, each in its proper column, together with the questions submitted to a vote, for a referendum, if any, in the sample ballot below.
Information to Voters
Upon entering the polling place and before being permitted to vote, a voter shall:
• state their name and address
• show an acceptable form of photo identification*
• sign the poll book
**
*If a voter does not have acceptable photo identification, the voter may obtain a free photo ID for voting from the Division of Motor Vehicles.
**If the voter is unable to sign the poll book due to disability, a poll worker may write the word “exempt.”
If a voter is not registered to vote, they may register to vote at the polling place serving their residence if the voter provides proof of residence. Where ballots are distributed to voters, the initials of two inspectors must appear on the ballot.
Type B Notice - Spring Primary Page 2
Upon being permitted to vote, the voter shall enter a voting booth or go to a machine and cast their ballot. The vote should not be cast in any manner other than specified here. Sample ballots or other materials to assist the voter in marking their ballot may be taken into the booth and copied. The sample ballot shall not be shown to anyone so as to reveal how the ballot is marked. A voter who is a parent or guardian may be accompanied by the voter's minor child or minor ward. An election official may inform the voter of the proper manner for casting a vote but the official may not advise or indicate a particular voting choice.
Assistance for Voting A voter may select an individual to assist in casting their vote if the voter declares to the presiding official that they are unable to read, have difficulty reading, writing, or understanding English, or that due to disability are unable to cast their ballot. The selected individual rendering assistance may not be the voter's employer or an agent of that employer or an officer or agent of a labor organization which represents the voter.
Where Optical Scan Voting is Used The voter shall fill in the oval or connect the arrow next to the name of the candidate of their choice for each office for which he or she intends to vote. To vote for a person whose name does not appear on the ballot, the voter shall write in the name of the person of their choice in the space provided for a write-in vote and fill in the oval or connect the arrow next to the write-in line. On referendum questions, the voter shall fill in the oval or connect the arrow next to "yes" if in favor of the question, or the voter shall fill in the oval or connect the arrow next to "no" if opposed to the question.
Type B Notice - Spring Primary Page 3
When using an electronic ballot marking device (“Automark,” “ExpressVote,” Clear Access or “ImageCast Evolution-ICE”) to mark an optical scan ballot, the voter shall touch the screen or use the tactile pad to select the name of the candidate of their choice for each office for which they intend to vote. To vote for a person whose name does not appear on the ballot, the voter shall type in the name of the person of their choice in the space provided for a write-in vote. On referendum questions, the voter shall touch the screen or use the tactile pad to select "yes" if in favor of the question, or the voter shall touch the screen or use the tactile pad to select "no" if opposed to the question.
Spoiled Ballots
If a voter spoils an optical scan ballot, they shall return it to an election official who shall issue another ballot in its place, but not more than three ballots shall be issued to any one voter. If the ballot has not been initialed by two inspectors or is defective in any other way, the voter shall return it to the election official, who shall issue a proper ballot in its place. After Voting the Ballot After an official optical scan ballot is marked, it may be inserted in the security sleeve, so the marks do not show. The voter shall insert the ballot in the voting device and discard the sleeve or deliver the ballot to an inspector for deposit. If a central count system is used, the voter shall insert the ballot in the ballot box and discard the sleeve or deliver the ballot to an inspector for deposit. The voter shall leave the polling place promptly.
Megan Currie, County Clerk Megan Currie, County Clerk
Spring Primary Election
February 18, 2025
No Provisional Ballots.