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File #: 83648    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 5/28/2024 In control: Clerk's Office
On agenda: 6/4/2024 Final action: 6/4/2024
Enactment date: 6/7/2024 Enactment #: RES-24-00389
Title: Establishing in-person absentee voting locations for the 2024 Partisan Primary and General Election.
Sponsors: Satya V. Rhodes-Conway, Yannette Figueroa Cole, Bill Tishler, Derek Field, Sabrina V. Madison, Regina M. Vidaver, Dina Nina Martinez-Rutherford, John W. Duncan, Barbara Harrington-McKinney, MGR Govindarajan, Tag Evers, Marsha A. Rummel, John P. Guequierre, Nikki Conklin, Michael E. Verveer, Nasra Wehelie, Amani Latimer Burris
Date Ver.Action ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsWatch
6/4/20241 COMMON COUNCIL Adopt under suspension of MGO 2.055 (14 votes required)Pass Action details Meeting details Not available
5/28/20241 Clerk's Office RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO ADOPT UNDER SUSPENSION OF MGO 2.055 - REPORT OF OFFICER  Action details Meeting details Not available

Fiscal Note

The City Clerk's 2024 Operating Budget includes funding for the 2024 Partisan Primary and General Election. No additional appropriation is required.

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Establishing in-person absentee voting locations for the 2024 Partisan Primary and General Election.

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WHEREAS, exercising the right to vote is an essential component of a healthy democracy; and

WHEREAS, the goal of the Madison City Clerk's Office is that each eligible voter will be able to cast a ballot and have that ballot counted; and

WHEREAS, absentee ballots cast at in-person absentee voting sites are less likely than absentee ballots sent via mail to be rejected at the polls due to a missing voter signature, missing witness signature, or incomplete witness address; and

WHEREAS, it is inequitable to limit in-person absentee voting to Madison residents who are able to obtain transportation and pay for parking downtown; and

WHEREAS, in-person absentee voting can provide greater accessibility for voters who encounter barriers to voting by mail or voting at the polls on Election Day; and

WHEREAS, offering in-person absentee voting at multiple sites throughout the City may further racial equity for residents who have not historically been involved in the voting process;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Madison chooses to make in-person absentee voting more accessible and equitable by establishing multiple locations for in-person absentee voting; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following locations are designated as City of Madison in-person absentee voting sites for the 2024 Partisan Primary and General Election:

1. Warner Park Community Recreation Center, 1625 Northport Dr

2. Olbrich Gardens, 3330 Atwood Ave

3. Edgewood College - Wingra Commons, 1000 Edgewood College Dr

4. UW- Madison Union South, 1308 W Dayton St

5. UW- Madison Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St

6. Eagle Heights Community Center, 611 Eagle Heights Dr

7. UW - Madison Health Sciences Learning Center, 750 Highland Ave

8. Madison College Truax Campus, 1701 Wright St

9. Madison College Goodman South Madison Campus, 2429 Perry St

10. Alicia Ashman Library, 733 N High Point Rd

11. Central Library, 201 W Mifflin St

12. Goodman South Madison Library, 2222 S Park St

13. Hawthorne Library, 2707 E Washington Ave

14. Lakeview Library, 2845 N Sherman Ave

15. Meadowridge Library, 5726 Raymond Rd

16. Monroe Library, 1705 Monroe St.

17. Pinney Library, 516 Cottage Grove Rd

18. Sequoya Library, 4340 Tokay Blvd

19. Badger Rock Neighborhood Center, 501 E Badger Rd

20. Centro Hispano, 2403 Cypress Way

21. Freedom, Inc., 2110 Luann Ln

22. East Madison Community Center, 8 Straubel Court

23. Hmong Institute, 4402 Femrite Dr

24. Global Market & Food Hall, 2161 Zeier Rd

25. Lussier Community Education Center, 55 S Gammon Rd

26. Urban League Southwest Employment Center, 1233 McKenna Blvd

27. Urban League Greater Madison, 2222 S Park St

28. Urban League Greater Madison, The Black Business Hub, 2352 S. Park St

29. Boys & Girls Club - Allied, 4619 Jenewein Rd

30. Catholic Multicultural Center, 1862 Beld St

31. Bridge - Lake Point - Waunona Neighborhood Center, 1917 Lake Point Dr

32. Rebalanced - Life Wellness Association Men's Health & Education Center, 588 Grand Canyon Dr

33. Elver Park Neighborhood Center, 1201 McKenna Blvd

34. Christ the Solid Rock Baptist Church/Lake Edge United Church of Christ, 4200 Buckeye Rd

35. Fountain of Life Church, 633 W Badger Rd

36. S S Morris Community AME Church, 3511 Milwaukee St

37. Hmong Legacy Market, 2119 Fish Hatchery Rd

38. JP's Hair Design and Rebalanced-Life Wellness Association Men's Health & Education Center, 584 Grand Canyon Dr

39. Madison Municipal Building, 215 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd