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No. Throughout Wisconsin elections, such because the upcoming basic election on Nov. 5, common voters might solely solid ballots in individual at a polling location or by mailing an absentee poll.
The web site myvote.wi.gov permits Wisconsin residents to register on-line and request a paper absentee poll. For voters who’re already registered, Oct. 31 is the deadline to request an absentee poll. All absentee ballots should be acquired by municipal clerks by 8 p.m. on Election Day.
Nevertheless, there are exceptions for navy and abroad voters.
The Uniformed and Abroad Residents Absentee Voting Act, enacted in 1986, permits members of the U.S. Uniformed Providers, the commissioned corps of the Public Well being Service and the Nationwide Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Service provider Marine; their relations and U.S. residents residing exterior the nation to electronically request and obtain voter registration and absentee poll functions and clean absentee ballots.
Thirty-one states — however not Wisconsin — together with Washington, D.C., and the Virgin Islands permit some voters, together with these within the navy or abroad, to return ballots electronically, by way of fax, electronic mail or by means of a web-based portal. Wisconsin solely permits these kinds of voters to request and obtain absentee ballots electronically, however they need to return arduous copies by way of the publish.
Abroad voters should request their absentee ballots by 5 p.m. Oct. 31.
Navy voters away from dwelling should request their absentee ballots earlier than 5 p.m. on Election Day and return them to their municipal clerk by 8 p.m., which whereas theoretically attainable, is unlikely to achieve success when voting in Wisconsin.
The federal Voting Help Program recommends returning accomplished ballots 11 to 35 calendar days earlier than the election to be counted, relying on the placement of the uniformed service member or their eligible household.
Citing cybersecurity considerations, a federal interagency group issued steerage in 2020 to extend state election officers’ consciousness of the dangers related to digital poll supply and return. The 4 businesses really helpful paper ballots, saying distant voting is “susceptible to systemic disruption.”
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