Notice of Partisan Primary and Sample Ballots
August 13, 2024
Office of the Vilas County Clerk
To the voters of Vilas County:
Notice is hereby given of a partisan primary to be held in Vilas County on August 13, 2024at
which the nominees for the offices named below shall be chosen. The names of thecandidatesfor each office, whose nominations have been certified to or filed in this office, are givenunderthe title of the office under the appropriate party, each in its proper column, together withthequestions submitted to a vote, if any, in the sample ballot below.
Information to Voters
Upon entering the polling place and before being permitted to vote, a voter shall:
state their name and address
show an acceptable form of photo identification*
sign the poll book**
*If a voter does not have acceptable photo identification, the voter may obtain a free photo ID for voting from the Division of Motor Vehicles.
**If the voter is unable to sign the poll book due to disability, a poll worker may write the word
“exempt.”
If a voter is not registered to vote, they may register to vote at the polling place serving their
residence if the voter provides proof of residence.
Where ballots are distributed to voters, the initials of two inspectors must appear on the ballot.
Upon being permitted to vote, the voter shall enter a voting booth or go to a machine and cast their ballot. The vote should not be cast in any manner other than specified here. Sample
ballots or other materials to assist the voter in marking their ballot may be taken into the booth and copied. The sample ballot shall not be shown to anyone so as to reveal how the ballot is marked.
A voter who is a parent or guardian may be accompanied by the voter’s minor child or minor
ward.
An election official may inform the voter of the proper manner for casting a vote but the official may not advise or indicate a particular voting choice.
Assistance for Voting
A voter may select an individual to assist in casting their vote if the voter declares to the presiding
official that they are unable to read, have difficulty reading, writing, or understanding English, or that
due to disability are unable to cast their ballot. The selected individual rendering assistance may not be the voter’s employer or an agent of that employer or an officer or agent of a labor organization which
represents the voter. If a voter is unable to state their name and address, an assistant may also do so
for the voter.
At the partisan primary, the voter shall select the party of their choice. Voting for candidatesof more than one party may invalidate the ballot. The voter must cast a vote for individual
candidates.
Where Optical Scan Voting is used
If a party preference is designated, and votes are cast for ballot candidates of another
party or write-in votes are cast in another party, only votes cast in the designatedpartywill count.
If a party preference is not designated, and votes are cast for candidates (or write-invotes are cast) in more than one party, no votes will be counted
Within the party of their choice, the voter shall fill in the oval or connect the arrownext tothenameof the candidate of their choice for each office for which they intend to vote. To votefor apersonwhose name does not appear on the ballot, the voter shall write in the name of the personof theirchoice in the space provided for a write-in vote and fill in the oval or connect the arrownext tothewrite-in line. On referendum questions, the voter shall fill in the oval or connect the arrownext to”yes” if in favor of the question, or the voter shall fill in the oval or connect the arrownext to”no”ifopposed to the question.
Spoiled Ballots
If a voter spoils a paper or optical scan ballot, they shall return it to an election official whoshallissue another ballot in its place, but not more than three ballots shall be issued to anyonevoter.Ifthe ballot has not been initialed by two inspectors or is defective in any other way, thevotershallreturn it to the election official, who shall issue a proper ballot in its place.
After Voting the Ballot
After an official paper ballot is marked, it shall be folded so the inside marks do not show, but sothe printed endorsements and inspectors’ initials on the outside do show. The voter shall thendeposit the voted ballot in the ballot box, or deliver the ballot to an inspector for deposit, anddeposit the un-voted ballots in the discard box. The voter shall leave the polling placepromptly.
After an official optical scan ballot is marked, it may be inserted in the security sleeve, sothemarks do not show. The voter shall then insert the ballot in the voting device and discardthesleeve or deliver the ballot to an inspector for deposit. If a central count systemis used, thevoter shall insert the ballot in the ballot box and discard the sleeve or deliver the ballot toaninspector for deposit. The voter shall leave the polling place promptly. The following is a sample of the official ballot: All ballot samples specific to each municipalityareposted at www.vilascountywi.gov in their entirety.
Kimberly A. Olkowski, Vilas County Clerk