VILAS COUNTY
PRIMARY ELECTION
FEBRUARY 18, 2025
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, who has resided in the ward or municipality where he or she wishes to vote for at least 28 consecutive days before the election. The elector must also be registered in order to receive an absentee ballot. Proof of identification must be provided before an absentee ballot may be issued.
You must make a request for an absentee ballot in writing or online at MyVote.wi.gov.
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 also submit a written request in the form of a letter or you may apply for an absentee ballot online at MyVote.wi.gov. 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, your signature and a copy of your photo identification*. You may make application to your municipal clerk for an absentee ballot in person, by mail, by fax, by email or at MyVote.wi.gov.
Making application to receive an absentee ballot by mail
The deadline for making application to receive an absentee ballot by mail is:
5 pm on Thursday, February 13, 2025**
*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.
Note: Special absentee voting application provisions apply to electors who are indefinitely confined to home or a care facility, 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.
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.
PLEASE CONTACT YOUR MUNICIPAL CLERK FOR HOURS OR APPOINTMENT
The first day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office:
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
The last day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office:
Friday, February 14, 2025
TOWN/CITY CLERKS
Town of Arbor Vitae Emily Biertzer 10675 Big Arbor Vitae Drive Arbor Vitae, WI 54568 715-356-3120 Monday-Friday 9am-3pm 02/14/2025 9am-5pm
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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 02/14/2025 BY APPOINTMENT |
Town of Presque Isle Kim Prott 8306 School Loop Road Presque Isle, WI 54557 715-686-2473 Monday-Thursday 10am-noon 02/14/2025 BY APPOINTMENT ONLY
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Town of Boulder Junction Daniel Driscoll PO Box 616 5392 Park Street Boulder Junction, WI 54512 715-385-2220 Monday-Thursday 9:30am-3:30pm 02/14/2025 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 02/14/2025 9am–5pm
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Town of St. Germain June Vogel PO Box 7 St Germain Community Center 545 Hwy 155 Room 5 St. Germain, WI 54558 715-542-8024 Ext 1 BY APPOINTMENT
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Town of Cloverland Tracy Schilling PO Box 1565 5860 Perch Lake Road Eagle River, WI 54521 715-479-3434 Monday-Thursday 8:30am-11:30am 02/14/2025 BY APPT ONLY
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Town of Manitowish Waters Dana Hilbert PO Box 267 5733 Airport Road Manitowish Waters, WI 54545 715-543-8400 Monday–Friday 10am-1pm 02/14/2025 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 02/14/2025 BY APPOINTMENT |
Town of Phelps Sheryl Ward PO Box 157 4495 Town Hall Road Phelps, WI 54554 715-545-2270 Tuesday &Thursday noon-5pm 02/14/2025 9am-5pm
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Town of Winchester Joan Wainio 7228 CTH W Winchester, WI 54557 715-686-2123 OR 715-543-2110 Monday-Friday BY APPOINTMENT ONLY |
Town of Lac du Flambeau Sue Schoonover PO Box 68 109 Old Abe Road Lac du Flambeau, WI 54538 715-588-3358 Monday & Wednesday 9am-noon Tuesday & Thursday noon-3pm 02/14/2025 9am-5pm
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Town of Plum Lake Jane Rosewicz PO Box 280 8755 Lake Street Sayner, WI 54560 715-542-4531 Monday-Thursday 10am-2pm Monday 5:30pm-7:30pm 02/14/2025 BY APPOINTMENT |
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 02/14/2025 8:30am – 5pm
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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 18, 2025. Any ballots received after the polls close will NOT be counted.
KIMBERLY OLKOWSKI – VILAS COUNTY CLERK
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