09/11/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 09/11/2024 14:19
The Madison City Clerk's Office urges voters to check their registration online at https://MyVote.wi.gov, especially if they completed a voter registration form with someone who approached them on the street.
The City Clerk's Office is receiving an unprecedented number of incomplete voter registration applications submitted by national organizations holding voter registration drives.
To save taxpayer resources, the City Clerk's Office encourages voters to use one of these options if they need to register or update their voter registration:
Registering with groups that do not follow proper procedures may mean you are not registered to vote at your current address. For the August Primary, many Madison polling places saw voters who expected to be listed on the poll book, but the group with which they registered had not submitted a complete registration form to the Clerk's Office. Fortunately, these voters were able to register at the polls on Election Day.
One example of the volume of incomplete registrations being submitted: When registration closed for the August Primary, a group called Wisconsin Voices mailed the Madison City Clerk's Office approximately 1,500 registration forms. Of those forms:
In the past week alone, the Madison City Clerk's Office sent registrations back to voters in 60 communities - from Ashland to Wyocena - instructing them to send their registration form and proof of address to their own Clerk's Office.
City of Madison voters whose incomplete registration forms have been returned through the mail are encouraged to visit the nearest Madison Public Library for help with completing the registration process.
The goal of the City Clerk's Office is that each eligible voter will be able to cast a ballot and have that ballot counted.