Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution establishes in-person absentee voting locations for the November 2018 General Election. Hourly election aides will be hired for in-person absentee voting at a cost of $45,000. Funding is included in the Clerk’s Office 2018 Adopted Operating Budget. No additional City appropriation is required.
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Establishing absentee voting locations for the 2018 General Election.
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WHEREAS, voting is both a right and the vital core 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 in-person are less likely than ballots sent through the mail to be rejected at the polls due to missing signatures or witness addresses; and
WHEREAS, it is inequitable to limit in-person absentee voting to Madison residents who are able to obtain transportation downtown; 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 the following in-person absentee voting locations for the November 2018 General Election:
1. City Clerk's Office, 210 Martin Luther King, Jr., Boulevard #103
2. Streets East, 4602 Sycamore Avenue
3. Central Library, 201 W. Mifflin Street
4. Alicia Ashman Library, 733 N. High Point Road
5. Goodman South Madison Library, 2222 S. Park Street
6. Hawthorne Library, 2707 E. Washington Avenue
7. Lakeview Library, 2845 N. Sherman Avenue
8. Meadowridge Library, 5726 Raymond Road
9. Monroe Street Library, 1705 Monroe Street
10. Pinney Library, 204 Cottage Grove Road
11. Sequoya Library, 4340 Tokay Boulevard
12. UW-Madison Union South, 1308 W. Dayton Street
13. UW-Madison Memorial Union, 800 Langdon Street
14. UW-Madison Student Activity Center, 333 E. Campus Mall
15. Edgewood College - Wingra Commons in Predolin Hall
16. Edgewood College - Phil's Cafeteria in Regina Hall