VOTING BY ABSENTEE BALLOT

 Any qualified elector who is unable or unwilling to appear at the polling place on Election Day may submit a request to vote an absentee ballot to their municipal clerk.  A qualified elector is any U.S. citizen who:

• will be 18 years of age or older on Election Day.
• has resided in the ward or municipality where they wish to vote for at least 28 consecutive days before the election.

The elector must also be registered to vote to receive an absentee ballot.  Proof of identification must be provided before an absentee ballot may be issued*. 

Making application to receive an absentee ballot by mail

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 make written application to your municipal clerk for an absentee ballot by mail, by fax, by email or at MyVote.wi.gov. Or you may apply in person at the clerk’s office during the In-Person Absentee Voting period listed below.

Your written request must include:

1. your voting address within the municipality where you wish to vote
2. the address where the absentee ballot should be sent, if different from the address above
3. your signature
4. a copy of your photo identification*

The deadline for making application to receive an absentee ballot by mail is:

5:00 p.m. on the fifth day before the election, Thursday, November 3, 2022.

*Voters who are indefinitely confined due to age, illness, infirmity, or disability may not be required to provide photo ID. If this applies to you, contact the municipal clerk regarding deadlines for requesting and submitting an absentee ballot.

**Special absentee voting application provisions apply to electors who are indefinitely confined, 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.

Lisa A. Riley, Village Clerk   (608) 623-2777

501 Benson Street, Cobb, WI  53526-9673

Monday – Thursday  8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

The first day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office is:

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

The last day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office is:

Friday, November 4, 2022

No in-person absentee voting may occur on the day before the election. 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 November 8, 2022.  Any ballots received after the polls close will not be counted.

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(Note:  The Type E Notice is published by the municipal clerk on the 4^th* Tuesday before each primary and each election held in the municipality.  If a weekly paper is used for publication, the notice is published in the closest preceding issue to the 4^th* Tuesday before each primary and each election.  If a municipality chooses to post this notice in lieu of publication, the notice must be posted no later than the 4^th* Tuesday before the primary or the election.)

* The Type E Notice for a special primary or election for national state, county or municipal or special district office, not held concurrently with the spring or general election, is published on the 3^rd Tuesday preceding the primary or election. Wis. Stat. §§10.01(2)(e), 10.06(3)(f).

October 2022 Newsletter

NOTICE OF SPRING ELECTION

Village of Cobb

April 5, 2022

Election Details

An election will be held in the Village of Cobb, on Tuesday, April 5, 2022. The following offices are to be elected to succeed the present incumbents listed:

                  Office                                                   Incumbent

               Village Trustee                                     Josh Esser

               Village Trustee                                     Alisha Pelton

               Village Trustee                                     Donald Ritchie

Office Terms

The term for village trustee begins on April 19, 2022.  All terms are for two years unless otherwise indicated.

For Candidates

The first day to circulate nomination papers is December 1, 2021 and the final day for filing nomination papers is 5:00 p.m., on Tuesday, January 4, 2022 in the office of the village clerk.

Primary Election

If a primary is necessary, the primary will be held on Tuesday, February 15, 2022.

Additional Information

Acceptable Photo ID will be required to vote at this election.  If you do not have a photo ID you may obtain a free ID for voting from the Division of Motor Vehicles.

Done in the Village of Cobb,

on November 17, 2021

Lisa A. Riley, Village Clerk

(Note: The Type A Notice is published by the municipal clerk on the 4th Tuesday of November preceding the spring election, when municipal candidates are to be elected §10.06(3)(a); at least 40 days preceding a special municipal primary and election* §10.06(3)(f).)

*If needed for a special election, modify the sample notice to indicate “Special Election” and reflect applicable dates.

Click here to view the 2020 Water Quality Report

A printed paper copy of the report is also available, upon request.  Contact the Village Office for this request.