Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution establishes in-person absentee voting locations for the 2020 Spring Primary and Spring Election. Hourly election aides will be hired for in-person absentee voting at a cost of $18,893 for the Spring Primary, and $19,284 for the Spring Election. Funding for hourly wages is included in the Clerk’s Office 2020 Adopted Operating Budget. No additional appropriation is required.
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Establishing absentee voting locations for the 2020 Spring Primary and Spring 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 2020 Spring Primary and Spring Election:
1. City Clerk's Office, 210 Martin Luther King, Jr., Boulevard #103
2. Central Library, 201 W. Mifflin Street
3. Alicia Ashman Library, 733 N. High Point Road
4. Goodman South Madison Library, 2222 S. Park Street
5. Hawthorne Library, 2707 E. Washington Avenue
6. Lakeview Library, 2845 N. Sherman Avenue
7. Meadowridge Library, 5726 Raymond Road
8. Monroe Street Library, 1705 Monroe Street
9. Pinney Library, 211 Cottage Grove Road (Interim Location for Spring Primary), 516 Cottage Grove Road (New Location for Spring Election)
10. Sequoya Library, 4340 Tokay Boulevard
11. UW-Madison Union South, 1308 W. Dayton Street
12. UW-Madison Memorial Union, 800 Langdon Street
13. UW-Madison Student Activity Center, 333 E. Campus Mall
14. UW-Madison Health Services Learning Center, 750 Highland Avenue
15. Edgewood College - Wingra Commons in Predolin Hall
16. Madison College Truax Campus, 1701 Wright Street
17. Madison College South Campus, 2429 Perry Street
18. Streets East, 4602 Sycamore Avenue (Spring Election only, due to construction)