Elections

2008 Election Schedule
Where do I vote?
Voters living in Wards 2 thru 5 vote at the Town Hall. Voters living in Wards 1 & 6 thru 10, vote at Fire Station #3. Please call the Town Hall at 662-2039 or send an email with your street address if you would like to know your polling location.
How do I register to vote?
Please note the forms have been updated by the State Elections Board. If you choose to print this form and fill it out in long-hand, please use a RED PEN because handwriting is easier to read in red. You can also fill out this form online!! It will print out in black ink. Once you print it, please fill in all required circles and sign the form. Please note if you mail in your registration, you MUST include a copy of your Driver's License with your Voter Registration Application.
How do I get an absentee ballot?
Please note the forms have been updated by the State Elections Board. If you choose to print this form and fill it out in long-hand, please use a RED PEN because handwriting is easier to read in red. You can also fill out this form online!! It will print out in black ink. Once you print it, please fill in all required circles and sign the form.

Please contact the Town Clerk at 662-2039 or e-mail her if you have any questions regarding elections and/or voting.

If you are indefinitely confined because of age, illness, infirmity or disability, you may request a Permanent Absentee Ballot be sent to you for every subsequent election until you are no longer confined or fail to return a ballot for an election. Again, to have an Absentee Ballot sent to you, you must be a registered voter in the Town of Vernon. If you are not sure if you are registered, please call the Clerk’s Office at 662-2039.
If you are a registered voter, complete, sign and mail the attached Absentee Ballot application to the following address by Friday, January 4, 2008. Please note, if you qualify to be a Permanent Voter, please indicate by filling in the 2nd circle on section 5 of the application, write “PERMANENT VOTER” on the top of the form and mail it to the following address by Friday, January 4, 2008:
Town of Vernon Clerk’s Office
ATTN: Absentee Ballot Application
PO BOX 309
Big Bend, WI 53103

To register to vote, you must provide a valid Wisconsin Driver’s License with your current address. If you are not issued a Wisconsin Driver’s License, a Wisconsin ID Card will be acceptable or the last 4 digits of your social security number. You can register to vote two ways: in the Clerk’s Office or by mail. You can register to vote in the Clerk’s Office during office hours. If you wish to register by mail, you can call the Clerk’s office to have a Voter Registration application mailed to you or go to
http://elections.state.wi.us/docview.asp?docid=6073&locid=47 to download the application. Please note if you register by mail, you MUST include a copy of your Driver’s License. If you do not, your application will not be processed and you will not be able to vote until you show ID, either at the polls or in the Clerk’s Office.

Don’t want to stand in line on Election Day? Sign up to have an Absentee Ballot sent to you!
To have an Absentee Ballot sent to you, you must be a registered voter in the Town of Vernon. If you are not sure if you are registered, please call the Clerk’s Office at 662-2039. See below how to register to vote.
If you are a registered voter, complete, sign and mail the attached Absentee Ballot application to the following address by Friday, January 4, 2008:
Town of Vernon Clerk’s Office
ATTN: Absentee Ballot Application
PO BOX 309, Big Bend, WI 53103
Once your application has been verified, you will be sent an Absentee Ballot for all 2008 elections. In the fall of 2008, the Clerk’s Office will send you a letter asking if you want to renew your calendar year Absentee Ballot application for 2009. If you want to continue, you would fill out another form. That process will continue until you no longer wish to receive Absentee Ballots.