Early in-person voting is over. What you need to know for Election Day

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) – There’s only one day left before the polls open for Election Day.

Long lines of people in our region have already voted early, but early in-person voting is over and the majority of voters are waiting ready to cast their ballots on Election Day.

The polling stations open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. If you are still in line at 8pm, stay in line – you should be allowed to vote.

In Wisconsin, if you are not registered to vote, you can register in person at your polling place and fill out a ballot right away (it is too late to register online or by mail).

If you requested an absentee ballot but haven’t returned it, it’s too late to return it, but you can drop it off on Monday at your local clerk’s office or mailbox, if your community has one, or drop it off at hand it in at your polling station on Tuesday. .

If you want to vote, make sure you have a valid photo ID with you. You can view all valid IDs and what’s on your ballot at MyVote.wi.gov.

The Wisconsin Elections Commission says some of the issues voters saw during early voting won’t impact Election Day. These delays were caused by problems printing labels with voters’ names and addresses.

“When you look at the numbers historically, and as election officials we often have to look at the history because we have seen over the last five years that historical data has not been helpful for planning,” said WEC’s Meagan Wolfe. .

The WEC says a quarter of a million more votes were cast in the first nine days of early in-person voting than during the 2020 presidential election during the pandemic.

Our special Your Voice, Your Vote coverage continues Monday and Tuesday at 6:30 PM with daily news and candidate profiles. On Monday, you’ll hear from candidates from Assembly District 53 in the Neenah-Menasha region. Democrat Duane Shukoski is running against Republican Dean Kaufert