Fiscal Note
The City Clerk's 2023 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 2023 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 2023 Spring Primary and Spring Election:
1. City-County Building, 210 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
2. Olbrich Gardens, 3330 Atwood Ave
3. Warner Park Community Recreation Center, 1625 Northport Dr
4. East Madison Community Center, 8 Straubel Ct
5. Edgewood College - Wingra Commons, 1000 Edgewood College Dr
6. UW-Madison Union South, 1308 W Dayton St
7. UW-Madison Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St
8. Madison College Truax Campus, 2125 Commercial Ave
9. Madison College 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. Pinney Library, 516 Cottage Grove Rd
17. Sequoya Library, 4340 Tokay Blvd
18. Hmong Institute, 4402 Femrite Dr
19. Global Market & Food Hall, 2617 Zeier Rd
20. Lussier Community Education Center, 55 S. Gammon Rd
21. Fountain of Life Church, 633 W Badger Rd
22. Urban League Southwest Employment Center, 1233 McKenna Blvd
23. Boys & Girls Club Allied, 4619 Jenewein Rd
24. Catholic Multicultural Center 1862 Beld St
25. Christ the Solid Rock Baptist Church/Lake Edge United Church of Christ, 4200 Buckeye Rd
26. Freedom Inc, 2110 Luann Ln
27. UW-Madison Health Sciences Learning Center, 750 Highland Ave
28. Tenney Park, 402 N Thornton Ave
29. Eagle Heights Community Center, 611 Eagle Heights Dr
30. Badger Rock Neighborhood Center, 501 E Badger Rd
31. Bridge - Lake Point - Waunona Neighborhood Center, 1917 Lake Point Dr
32. Vera Court Neighborhood Center 614 Vera Ct
33. Kennedy Heights Community Center, 199 Kennedy Heights
34. Theresa Terrace Neighborhood Center, 1409 Theresa Ter
35. Wisconsin Youth Company, 1201 McKenna Blvd
36. JP's Hair Design and Rebalanced-Life Wellness Association Men's Health & Education Center, 584 Grand Canyon Dr