Fiscal Note
The City Clerk's 2024 Operating Budget includes funding for the Spring Primary and Spring Election. No additional appropriation is required.
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Establishing in-person absentee voting locations for the 2024 Spring Primary and Spring 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 Spring Primary and Spring 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, 810 W Badger Rd
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. Boys & Girls Club - Allied, 4619 Jenewein Rd
29. Catholic Multicultural Center, 1862 Beld St
30. Bridge - Lake Point - Waunona Neighborhood Center, 1917 Lake Point Dr
31. Rebalanced - Life Wellness Association Men's Health & Education Center, 588 Grand Canyon Dr
32. Elver Park Neighborhood Center, 1201 McKenna Blvd
33. Christ the Solid Rock Baptist Church/Lake Edge United Church of Christ, 4200 Buckeye Rd
34. Fountain of Life Church, 633 W Badger Rd