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File #: 83648    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 5/28/2024 In control: Clerk's Office
On agenda: 6/4/2024 Final action: 6/4/2024
Enactment date: 6/7/2024 Enactment #: RES-24-00389
Title: Establishing in-person absentee voting locations for the 2024 Partisan Primary and General Election.
Sponsors: Satya V. Rhodes-Conway, Yannette Figueroa Cole, Bill Tishler, Derek Field, Sabrina V. Madison, Regina M. Vidaver, Dina Nina Martinez-Rutherford, John W. Duncan, Barbara Harrington-McKinney, MGR Govindarajan, Tag Evers, Marsha A. Rummel, John P. Guequierre, Nikki Conklin, Michael E. Verveer, Nasra Wehelie, Amani Latimer Burris
Date Ver.Action ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsWatch
6/4/20241 COMMON COUNCIL Adopt under suspension of MGO 2.055 (14 votes required)Pass Action details Meeting details Not available
5/28/20241 Clerk's Office RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO ADOPT UNDER SUSPENSION OF MGO 2.055 - REPORT OF OFFICER  Action details Meeting details Not available
Fiscal Note
The City Clerk's 2024 Operating Budget includes funding for the 2024 Partisan Primary and General Election. No additional appropriation is required.
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Establishing in-person absentee voting locations for the 2024 Partisan Primary and General 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 Partisan Primary and General 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...

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