VILAS COUNTY
SPRING PRIMARY ELECTION
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
VOTING BY ABSENTEE BALLOT
Any qualified elector who is unable or unwilling to appear at the polling place on Election Day
may submit a request to vote an absentee ballot to their municipal clerk. A qualified elector is
any U.S. citizen who will be 18 years of age or older on Election Day and has resided in the ward
or municipality where they wish to vote for at least 28 consecutive days before the election.
The elector must also be registered to vote to receive an absentee ballot. Proof of identification
must be provided before an absentee ballot may be issued*.
Making application to receive an absentee ballot by mail
Contact your municipal clerk and request that an application for an absentee ballot be sent to you
for the primary or election or both. You may make written application to your municipal clerk for an
absentee ballot by mail, by fax, by email or at MyVote.wi.gov. Or you may apply in person at the
clerk’s office during the In-Person Absentee Voting period listed below.
Your written request must include:
your voting address within the municipality where you wish to vote
the address where the absentee ballot should be sent, if different from the address
above
your signature
a copy of your photo identification*
The deadline for making application to receive an absentee ballot by mail is:
5:00 p.m. on the fifth day before the election, Thursday, February 16, 2023**
*Voters who are indefinitely confined due to age, illness, infirmity, or disability may not be required
to provide photo ID. If this applies to you, contact the municipal clerk regarding deadlines for
requesting and submitting an absentee ballot.
**Special absentee voting application provisions apply to electors who are indefinitely confined, in
the military, hospitalized, or serving as a sequestered juror. If this applies to you, contact the
municipal clerk regarding deadlines for requesting and submitting an absentee ballot.
The first day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office is:
No earlier than 14 days before the election, Tuesday, February 7, 2023
The last day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office is:
Final date is set by municipality, NO later than Sunday preceding an election.
Friday, February 17, 2023 – Sunday, February 19, 2023
TOWN/CITY CLERKS
Voting an absentee ballot in person
You may also request and vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office or other specified location
during the days and hours specified for casting an absentee ballot in person.Town of Arbor Vitae
Emily Biertzer
10675 Big Arbor Vitae Drive
Arbor Vitae, WI 54568
715-356-3120
Monday-Friday 9am-3pm
2/17/2023 9am-5pm
Town of Land O’Lakes
Lynn Jolin
PO Box 660
4331 HWY B
Land O’Lakes, WI 54540
715-547-3255
Monday-Thursday 9am-3pm
2/17/2023 9am-5pm
Town of Presque Isle
Lorine Walters
8306 School Loop Road
Presque Isle, WI 54557
715-686-2473
Monday-Friday 10am-12pm
2/17/2023 9am-5pm
Or By Appointment
Town of Boulder Junction
Daniel Driscoll
PO Box 616
5392 Park Street
Boulder Junction, WI 54512
715-385-2220
M-Th 9:30am-3:30pm
2/17/2023 9:30am-5pm
Town of Lincoln
Shelly Sauvola
PO Box 9
1205 Sundstein Road
Eagle River, WI 54521
715-479-7000
Monday – Friday 9am-3pm
2/17/2023 9am–5pm
Town of St. Germain
June Vogel
PO Box 7
St. Germain, WI 54558
715-891-0699
By Appointment ONLY
Town of Cloverland
Tracy Schilling
PO Box 1565
5860 Perch Lake Road
Eagle River, WI 54521
715-479-3434
M-F By Appointment ONLY
Town of Manitowish Waters
Dana Hilbert
PO Box 267
5733 Airport Road
Manitowish Waters, WI 54545
715-543-8400
Monday–Friday 10am-1pm
2/17/2023 1-5pm By Appt ONLY
Town of Washington
Nancy Sobralski
2301 Town Hall Road
Eagle River, WI 54521
715-479-8886
By Appointment ONLY
Town of Conover
Kendra Lederer
PO Box 115
4665 HWY K East
Conover, WI 54519
715-479-8688
Monday-Thursday 9am-2pm
Or By Appointment
Town of Phelps
Sheryl Ward
PO Box 157
4495 Town Hall Road
Phelps, WI 54554
715-545-2270
Mon-Thurs 9:30am-2:30pm
2/17/2023 9am-5pm
Town of Winchester
Joan Wainio
7228 CTH W
Winchester, WI 54557
715-686-2123
OR 715-543-2110
M-F By Appointment ONLY
Town of Lac du Flambeau
Nancy Edwards
PO Box 68
109 Old Abe Road
Lac du Flambeau, WI 54538
715-588-3358
Monday–Thursday 9am-3:30pm
2/17/2023 9am-5pm
Town of Plum Lake
Clerk / Treasurer
PO Box 280
8755 Lake Street
Sayner, WI 54560
715-542-4531
M-F By Appointment ONLY
City of Eagle River
Becky Bolte
PO Box 1269
525 East Maple Street
Eagle River, WI 54521
715-479-8682
Monday – Friday 8am-4:30pm
No in-person absentee voting may occur on the day before the election. The municipal clerk will deliver
voted ballots returned on or before Election Day to the proper polling place or counting location before
the polls close on FEBRUARY 21, 2023. Any ballots received after the polls close will NOT be counted.
KIMBERLY A. OLKOWSKI – VILAS COUNTY CLERK