Fiscal Note
The City Clerk's 2025 Operating Budget includes $2.1 million in funding to support two elections in 2025. Funding for the special election is not included in the Clerk's 2025 Operating Budget. City Finance and the City Clerk will monitor the Clerk's Operating Budget and make any necessary transfers during the mid-year budget adjustment resolution.
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Establishing in-person absentee voting locations for the Dane County Supervisor District 1 Special 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, 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
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 Dane County Supervisor District 1 Special Election:
1. Central Library, 201 W Mifflin St
2. Madison Municipal Building, 215 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd