Madison Reporter

The Madison City Clerk’s Office has mailed absentee ballots to more than 14,000 voters for the August 13 Partisan Primary.

“It is not too early to request your ballot if you plan to vote by mail,” said Mayor Rhodes-Conway. “This is one of the most important elections of our lifetime and it is so important to make every vote count, regardless of who you are voting for. Please ask for your ballot, fill it out correctly and get it back in the mail.”

To mark your ballot:

1. Choose one party in the party preference section at the top of your ballot.

2. Find that party’s section on the ballot.

3. Select the individual candidates of your choice within that party.

4. Then go to the last column on the back of the ballot. The last column is non-partisan.

Absentee ballots must be returned early enough for the Clerk’s Office to deliver them to the polls to be counted on Election Day. Postmarks do not count.

Each highlighted section on the envelope must be completed. In order for an absentee to count, the absentee envelope must be:

- Sealed

- Signed by the voter

- Signed by the voter’s witness

- Complete with the printed name of the voter’s witness

- Filled out with the witness’ address

In-person absentee voting will be available beginning Tuesday, July 30.

The goal of the City Clerk’s Office is that each eligible voter will be able to cast a ballot and have that ballot count.