VILAS COUNTY
SPRING PRIMARY ELECTION
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
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:

1. your voting address within the municipality where you wish to vote
2. the address where the absentee ballot should be sent, if different from the address
above
3. your signature
4. 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 15, 2024**

*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 6, 2024

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 16, 2024 – Sunday, February 18, 2024

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
2/16/2024 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
2/16/2024 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 Boulder Junction
Daniel Driscoll
PO Box 616
5392 Park Street
Boulder Junction, WI 54512
715-385-2220
M-Th 9:30am-3:30pm
2/16/2024 9:30am-5pm

Town of Manitowish Waters
Dana Hilbert
PO Box 267
5733 Airport Road
Manitowish Waters, WI 54545
715-543-8400
Monday–Friday 10am-1pm
2/16/2024 1-5pm By Appt ONLY

Town of Lac du Flambeau
Susan Schoonover
PO Box 68
109 Old Abe Road
Lac du Flambeau, WI 54538
715-588-3358
Monday–Thursday 9am-3:30pm
2/16/2024 9am-5pm

Town of Presque Isle
Kim Prott
PO Box 130
8306 School Loop Road
Presque Isle, WI 54557
715-686-2473
Tuesday 10am-2pm
Wednesday Noon-4pm
Thursday 10am-2pm
2/16/2024 9am-5pm
Or By Appointment

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 20, 2024. Any ballots received after the polls close will NOT be counted.
KIMBERLY A. OLKOWSKI – VILAS COUNTY CLERK