Any qualified elector 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 days before the election. The elector must also be registered in order to receive an absentee ballot. 

TO OBTAIN AN ABSENTEE BALLOT YOU MUST MAKE YOUR REQUEST 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 request an absentee ballot by 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, the date of the election, and your signature. 

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 your municipal clerk.

You can also personally go to the Clerk's office, or other specified location, complete a written application, and vote an absentee ballot during the hours specified for casting an absentee ballot.

CITY of HUDSON

• Nancy Korson, Clerk 
• 505 Third Street, Hudson, WI  50416 
• (715) 386-4765 Ext. 140
• Regular Office Hours: 8:00am-4:30pm 
• The City will also be open on 2/14/13 & 2/15/13 until 5:00pm. 

VILLAGE of NORTH HUDSON

• Becky Milbrandt, Clerk
• 400 7th Street N, Hudson, WI  54016
• (715) 386-5141
• Regular Office Hours: 8:00am-4:30pm
• The Village will also be open on 2/14/13 & 2/15/13 until 5:00pm. 

TOWN OF HUDSON

• Vickie Shaw, Clerk
• 980 County Road ‘A’ Hudson, WI  54016
• (715) 386-4263
• Regular Office Hours: Monday-Wednesday 9:00am-4:00pm
• Also open: 2/14/13 & 2/15/13 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm 

MAKE YOUR WRITTEN REQUEST FOR A MAILED ABSENTEE BALLOT EARLY!  Military electors should contact the Municipal Clerk regarding the deadlines for requesting or submitting an absentee ballot. 

THE FIRST DAY TO VOTE AN ABSENTEE BALLOT IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE IS FEBRUARY 4, 2013.  The deadline for voting an absentee ballot in the Clerk’s office is 5:00 pm on February 15, 2013. 

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 19, 2013.  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.