Politics
Wisconsin early voting opens Oct. 20; Milwaukee voters can use any of 11 sites
Early in-person voting begins statewide Tuesday ahead of the Nov. 3 election, with schedules set by local municipalities. Milwaukee’s 11 sites will remain available through Nov. 1, though individual locations have different hours and days of operation.
Early in-person voting for Wisconsin’s Nov. 3 general election begins Tuesday, Oct. 20. Each municipality sets its own locations and schedule, so voters outside Milwaukee should check with their municipal clerk or use the state’s MyVote Wisconsin website before heading out.
Milwaukee will open 11 early voting sites on Tuesday. City residents may vote at any of them, regardless of where they live in Milwaukee. The city’s early voting period runs through Sunday, Nov. 1, but not every site will be open each day or for the same hours.
The Milwaukee locations are:
- American Serb Hall, 5101 W. Oklahoma Ave. - Clinton Rose Senior Center, 3045 N. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive - Good Hope Library, 7715 W. Good Hope Road - Marquette Alumni Memorial Union, 1442 W. Wisconsin Ave. - Midtown Voting Center, 4170 N. 56th St. - Mitchell Street Library, 906 W. Historic Mitchell St. - Tippecanoe Library, 3912 S. Howell Ave. - UWM Zelazo Center, 2419 E. Kenwood Blvd. - Villard Square Library, 5190 N. 35th St. - Washington Park Senior Center, 4420 W. Vliet St. - Zeidler Municipal Building, 841 N. Broadway
The Milwaukee Election Commission has the full site-by-site schedule at city.milwaukee.gov/earlyvoting. Voters elsewhere in Wisconsin can look up local early voting details at MyVote.wi.gov.
The deadline to register online or by mail was Oct. 14. Residents can still register in person at their municipal clerk’s office through 5 p.m. Oct. 30, or at their assigned polling place on Election Day. Anyone registering or updating a registration must provide proof of residence.
Most voters have until 5 p.m. Oct. 29 to request an absentee ballot by mail. Completed ballots must reach municipal election officials by 8 p.m. Nov. 3; a postmark by Election Day is not enough. Election Day polling places statewide will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Wisconsin voters must show an acceptable photo ID to vote. Examples include a Wisconsin driver’s license, Wisconsin state identification card or U.S. passport, along with other qualifying forms of identification.
The start of early voting also comes less than a week before the scheduled Oct. 21 gubernatorial debate between Democrat David Crowley and Republican Tom Tiffany. The debate is set for 7 p.m. at Marquette University Law School.