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File #: 50119    Version: 1 Name: 2018 Spring Primary IPAV Locations
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 1/10/2018 In control: Clerk's Office
On agenda: 1/16/2018 Final action: 1/16/2018
Enactment date: 1/22/2018 Enactment #: RES-18-00061
Title: Establishing absentee voting locations for the 2018 Spring Primary Election.
Sponsors: Marsha A. Rummel, Samba Baldeh, Larry Palm, Michael E. Verveer, Shiva Bidar, Paul E. Skidmore, Barbara Harrington-McKinney, Amanda Hall, Matthew J. Phair, Rebecca Kemble, Zach Wood, Sheri Carter, Ledell Zellers, Arvina Martin, Sara Eskrich, Steve King
Date Ver.Action ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsWatch
1/16/20181 COMMON COUNCIL Adopt Under Suspension of Rules 2.04, 2.05, 2.24, and 2.25Pass Action details Meeting details Not available
1/10/20181 Clerk's Office RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO ADOPT UNDER SUSPENSION OF RULES 2.04, 2.05, 2.24, & 2.25 - REPORT OF OFFICER  Action details Meeting details Not available

Fiscal Note

The proposed resolution establishes absentee voting locations for the Spring Primary Election on February 20, 2018. Clerk’s Office and Madison Public Library personnel will incorporate absentee work into their regular work duties for the majority of In-Person Absentee Voting. An hourly election aide will be hired for In-Person Absentee Voting at Sequoya Library at a cost of $1,740, which is included in the Clerk's 2018 Adopted Budget.

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Establishing absentee voting locations for the 2018 Spring Primary 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 February 2018 Spring Primary 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. Edgewood College - Predolin Hall, 1000 Edgewood College Drive

13. UW-Madison Union South, 1308 W. Dayton Street

14. UW-Madison Student Activity Center, 333 E. Campus Mall