MADISON, Wis. — With the deadline passed and all paperwork submitted, the ballot is now mostly set for Wisconsin’s 2023 spring elections.
Tuesday was the deadline to file paperwork for spring election candidates. Now that the deadline has come and gone, voters have a better idea of who they’ll be choosing from this spring.
Madison did grant alders in Districts 1 and 14 72-hour extensions to finalize their candidacies.
“There was some confusion because due to redistricting there were two current alders who are running for election in a different seat where they now reside due to redistricting,” Jim Verbick, the city’s deputy clerk, said.
Those alders applied for candidacy based on their current residences and will be squared away by Friday evening.
Some races will require a Feb. 21 primary, and April 4 will be election day.
The State Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals will headline the ballot, while city representatives on the ballot include the race for mayor, alders in all 20 districts, as well as seats six and seven of the Madison Metropolitan School District Board of Education.
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“It’s a perfect time to register to vote, and right now we’re in an open period so you can register by mail, through the MyVote website, you can come down to the clerk’s office,” Verbick said.
Just don’t forget proof of residence, try to register by early March, and make sure your voter ID card or driver’s license hasn’t expired.
“They’re designing the ballot and everything, they’ll send it to printing, for elections like this where there’s nothing federal on the ballot we’ll be required to send out ballots 21 days prior to the election,” Verbick said.
To make sure you’re registered, find your polling place, and for all of your voting information, head to myvote.wi.gov.
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