TOWN OF SHERRY
VOTING BY ABSENTEE BALLOT

Any qualified elector who is unable or unwilling to appear at the polling place on Election Day may request to vote an absentee ballot. 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.

You must make a request for an absentee ballot in writing.

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. Your written request must list your voting address within the municipality where you wish to vote, the address where the absentee ballot should be sent, if different, and your signature. You may make application for an absentee ballot by mail or in person.

Making application to receive an absentee ballot by mail

The deadline for making application to receive an absentee by mail is:
5 pm on the fifth day before the election, March 31, 2016.

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 PHOTO ID IS REQUIRED

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 let me know if you require special accommodations for in-person voting.

Rosie Ewoldt, Sherry Town Clerk
Telephone number 715-569-4458
7992 County Road F, Arpin, Wi 54410

Clerk’s hours of availability for receiving absentee ballot applications are:
9:00 a.m. until Noon Monday through Thursday – Mar 21 – 24
9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. Friday – March 25
9 a.m. until Noon – Monday through Wednesday – Mar. 28-30
Noon until 7:00 p.m. Thursday and Friday March 31 and April 1

Please call to set-up a time to vote at the Clerk’s address within these hours.

The first day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office is:
March 21, 2016
The last day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office:
April 1, 2016

No in-person absentee voting may occur on a weekend or legal holiday.

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 April 5, 2016. Any ballots received after the polls close will be counted by the board of canvassers if postmarked by Election Day and received no later than 4:00 p.m. on the Friday following the election.

NOTICE
MEMBERS OF THE SHERRY TOWN BOARD WILL BE
ATTENDING THE FOLLOWING MEETINGS:
Diggers Hotline – March 9 at 5 p.m.
The Ridges, Wisconsin Rapids
Purpose: Digger’s Hotline Safety Meeting
*********
Wisconsin Towns Association District Meeting
March 11 from 8 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
at The Eagles Club, Marshfield
Purpose: Board of Review Training, WI DNR
Transportation Best Management Practices and
Permits, WI Department of Safety and Public Services
Certifications & Reporting Requirements
*********
Sherry Volunteer Fire Department Monthly Meeting
March 14 at 7:00 p.m.
At the Sherry Fire Station
Purpose: Discuss Fire Department

TOWN OF SHERRY
SPRING PRIMARY ELECTION
CANVASS
Notice is hereby given that the Board of
Canvassers for the Town of Sherry will meet
to certify the Spring Primary Election results
at the Sherry Town Hall
On Saturday
February 20, 2016*
at 10:00 a.m.
*There were three outstanding absentee ballots at the close of the polls on February 16, 2016. If none of the outstanding ballots are received in the mail by Friday, February 19, 2016, the Municipal
Clerk will certify the results without convening the Board of Canvassers.
Pursuant to the provisions of Wis. Stat. § 19.84, the Election Inspectors will convene as a joint meeting of the Local Board of Canvassers and the Municipal Board of Canvassers for the purpose of conducting the local and municipal canvasses
pursuant to Wis. Stat. §§7.51 and 7.53(1). This meeting will be open to the public
pursuant to Wis. Stat. §§ 19.81-89.

Rosie Ewoldt
Clerk
Town of Sherry

TOWN OF SHERRY – WOOD COUNTY
NOTICE
The Public Test of the Tabulating Equipment to be used at the February 16, 2016 Spring
Primary Election will be held on
Saturday, February 13, 2016,
at 10:00 a.m.
at the Sherry Town Hall.

The test is open to the general public.

Rosie Ewoldt
Town Clerk
www.townofsherry.com

TOWN OF SHERRY
VOTING BY ABSENTEE BALLOT

Any qualified elector who is unable or unwilling to appear at the polling place on Election Day may request to vote an absentee ballot. 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.

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. Your written request must list your voting address within the municipality where you wish to vote, the address where the absentee ballot should be sent, if different, and your signature. You may make application for an absentee ballot by mail or in person.

Making application to receive an absentee ballot by mail

The deadline for making application to receive an absentee by mail is:
5 pm on the fifth day before the election, February 11, 2016.

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.

Rosie Ewoldt, Sherry Town Clerk
Telephone number 715-569-4458
7992 County Road F, Arpin, Wi 54410

Clerk’s hours of availability for receiving absentee ballot applications are:
9:00 a.m. until Noon Monday through Friday – February 1 – 5.
9:00 a.m. until Noon Monday through Thursday February 8 – 11,
9:00 a.m. until Noon and 3:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12

Please call to set-up a time to vote at the Clerk’s address within these hours.

The first day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office is:
February 1, 2016
The last day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office:
February 12, 2016

No in-person absentee voting may occur on a weekend or legal holiday.

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 16, 2016. Any ballots received after the polls close will be counted by the board of canvassers if postmarked by Election Day and received no later than 4:00 p.m. on the Friday following the election.