Fiscal Note
The City Clerk's 2025 Operating Budget includes funding to support two elections. No additional appropriation is required.
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Establishing in-person absentee voting locations for the 2025 Spring Primary and 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 2025 Spring Primary and 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. UW - Madison Chazen Museum, 800 University Ave
7. UW - Madison, School of Human Ecology, 1300 Linden Dr
8. UW - Madison, Student Activity Center, 333 E. Campus Mall
9. Eagle Heights Community Center, 611 Eagle Heights Dr
10. UW - Madison Health Sciences Learning Center, 750 Highland Ave
11. Madison College Truax Campus, 1701 Wright St
12. Madison College Goodman South Madison Campus, 2429 Perry St
13. Alicia Ashman Library, 733 N High Point Rd
14. Central Library, 201 W Mifflin St
15. Goodman South Madison Library, 2222 S Park St
16. Hawthorne Library, 2707 E Washington Ave
17. Lakeview Library, 2845 N Sherman Ave
18. Meadowridge Library, 5726 Raymond Rd
19. Monroe Library, 1705 Monroe St.
20. Pinney Library, 516 Cottage Grove Rd
21. Sequoya Library, 4340 Tokay Blvd
22. Badger Rock Neighborhood Center, 501 E Badger Rd
23. Centro Hispano, 2403 Cypress Way
24. Freedom, Inc., 2110 Luann Ln
25. East Madison Community Center, 8 Straubel Court
26. Hmong Institute, 4402 Femrite Dr
27. Global Market & Food Hall, 2161 Zeier Rd
28. Lussier Community Education Center, 55 S Gammon Rd
29. Urban League Southwest Employment Center, 1233 McKenna Blvd
30. Urban League Greater Madison, 2222 S Park St
31. Urban League Greater Madison, The Black Business Hub, 2352 S. Park St
32. Boys & Girls Club - Allied, 4619 Jenewein Rd
33. Catholic Multicultural Center, 1862 Beld St
34. Bridge - Lake Point - Waunona Neighborhood Center, 1917 Lake Point Dr
35. Mt Zion Baptist Church, 2019 Fisher St
36. Elver Park Neighborhood Center, 1201 McKenna Blvd
37. Christ the Solid Rock Baptist Church/Lake Edge Lutheran, 4032 Monona Dr.
38. Fountain of Life Church, 633 W Badger Rd
39. S S Morris Community AME Church, 3511 Milwaukee St
40. Hmong Legacy Market, 2119 Fish Hatchery Rd
41. Sherman Ave Church, 3705 N. Sherman Ave
42. Madison Municipal Building, 215 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
43. The Beacon, 615 E Washington Ave.