Notice of Partisan Primary and Referendum and Sample Ballot August 14, 2018
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PAGE 1 NOTICE OF PARTISAN PRIMARY AND REFERENDUM AND SAMPLE BALLOT AUGUST 14, 2018 OFFICE OF THE OUTAGAMIE COUNTY CLERK TO THE VOTERS OF OUTAGAMIE COUNTY AND PARTS OF CALUMET (VILLAGE OF HARRISON & CITY OF APPLETON) & WINNEBAGO (CITY OF APPLETON) COUNTIES: (Note: City of New London publishes separately – County information is listed in this Notice.) Notice is hereby given of a partisan primary to be held in Outagamie County and parts of Calumet (Village of Harrison & City of Appleton) and Winnebago (City of Appleton) Counties on August 14, 2018, at which the nominees for the offices named below shall be chosen. The names of the candidates for each office, whose nominations have been certified to or filed in this office, are given under the title of the office under the appropriate party, each in its proper column, together with the questions submitted to a vote, if any, in the sample ballot below. INFORMATION TO VOTERS Upon entering the polling place, a voter shall state his or her name and address, show an acceptable form of photo identification and sign the poll book before being permitted to vote. If a voter is not registered to vote, a voter may register to vote at the polling place serving his or her residence, if the voter presents proof of residence in a form specified by law. Where ballots are distributed to voters, the initials of two inspectors must appear on the ballot. Upon being permitted to vote, the voter shall retire alone to a voting booth and cast his or her ballot except that a voter who is a parent or guardian may be accompanied by the voter's minor child or minor ward. An election official may inform the voter of the proper manner for casting a vote, but the official may not in any manner advise or indicate a particular voting choice. At the partisan primary, the voter shall select the party of his or her choice. Voting for candidates of more than one party may invalidate the ballot. You must cast a vote for individual candidates. Where Optical Scan Voting is used • If a party preference is designated, and votes are cast for ballot candidates of another party or write-in votes are cast in another party, only votes cast in the designated party will count. • If a party preference is not designated, and votes are cast for candidates (or write-in votes are cast) in more than one party, no votes will be counted. Within the party of his or her choice, the voter shall fill in the oval next to the name of the candidate of his or her choice for each office for which he or she intends to vote. To vote for a person whose name does not appear on the ballot, the voter shall write in the name of the person of his or her choice Notice of in the space provided for a write-in vote, and fill in the oval next to the write-in line. On referendum questions, the voter shall fill in the oval next to "yes" if in favor of the question, or the voter shall fill in the oval next to "no" if opposed to the question. For the Town of Freedom referendum, you may only Partisan Primary vote once in this referendum. If you vote for both options, no votes will count. When using an electronic ballot marking device (“Automark” or “ExpressVote”) to mark an optical scan ballot, the voter shall touch the screen next to the party of his or her choice. The voter shall then and Referendum touch the screen at the name of the candidate of his or her choice for each office for which he or she intends to vote. To vote for a person whose name does not appear on the ballot, the voter shall type in the name of the person of his or her choice in the space provided for a write-in vote. On referendum questions, the voter shall touch the screen at "yes" if in favor of the question, or the voter shall touch August 14, 2018 the screen at "no" if opposed to the question. For the Town of Freedom referendum, the voter shall OFFICIALchoose NOTICEone of the two options. & SAMPLE The vote should not be cast in any other manner. Not more than five minutes’ time shall be allowed inside aBALLOTS voting booth. Sample ballots or other materials to assist the voter in marking his or her vote may be taken into the booth and copied. The sample ballot shall not be shown to anyone so as to OFFICIAL NOTICE & SAMPLE BALLOTS revealOUTAGAMIE how the ballot is marked. COUNTY including portionsIf aof voter Calumet spoils an optical scan (Village ballot, he of or Harrison she shall return and it to City an election of Appleton) official who shall issue OUTAGAMIE COUNTY another ballot in its place, but not more than three ballots shall be issued to any one voter. If the ballot and Winnebagohas not been initialed (City by two ofinspectors Appleton) or is defective Counties in any other way, the voter shall return it to the including portions of Calumet election official, who shall issue a proper ballot in its place. (Village of Harrison and City of Appleton) After Voting the Ballot A supplement to: Appleton Post-Crescent, Freedom Pursuit, and Winnebago (City of Appleton) Counties After an officialoptical scan ballot is marked, it shall be inserted in the security sleeve so the marks Heart of the Valley Times-Villager,do not show. The voter and shall Seymour then insert Advertiser the ballot in theCommunity voting device News.and discard the sleeve, or deliver the ballot to an inspector for deposit. If a central count system is used, the voter shall insert A supplement to: Appleton Post-Crescent, the ballot in the ballot box and discard the sleeve, or deliver the ballot to an inspector for deposit. The Heart of the Valley Times-Villager,DISTRIBUTED BYvoter THE shall leave OUTAGAMIE the polling place COUNTYpromptly. CLERK’S OFFICE. and Seymour Advertiser Community News. IfA questions,voter may select an contact individual to 920-832-5077 assist in casting his or her vote if the voter declares to the presiding official that he or she is unable to read, has difficulty reading, writing or understanding English or that due to disability is unable to cast his or her ballot. The selected individual rendering assistance may DISTRIBUTED BY THE not be the voter's employer or an agent of that employer or an officer or agent of a labor organization OUTAGAMIE COUNTY CLERK’S OFFICE which represents the voter. If questions, contact 920-832-5077 The following is a sample of the official ballot: Lori J. O’Bright, Outagamie County Clerk TO: The Electors of Outagamie County and parts of Calumet (Village of Harrison and City of Appleton) and Winnebago (City of Appleton) Counties. [Note: The City of New London publishes separately from this notice.] The information in this notice meets the requirements of the Wisconsin State Statutes which require that county, town, village, and city clerks notify the electors of each municipality of the candidates for federal, state, and county office and in some cases to publish a sample ballot. The information as to candidates, order of candidates, poll hours and poll locations was provided by the following county, town, village, and city clerks: County of Town of Buchanan Town of Freedom Town of Liberty Town of Village of Harrison Village of Shiocton Outagamie Cynthia Sieracki Barbara Seegers Julia DeGroot Vandenbroek Jennifer Laurie Bunnell Lori J. O’Bright Cory Swedberg Weyenberg Town of Center Town of Town of Maine Village of County of Amy Olson Grand Chute Lori Klevesahl Village of Village of Wrightstown Winnebago Karen Weinschrott Bear Creek Hortonville Michelle Seidl Susan T. Ertmer Town of Cicero Town of Ashley Janke Jane Booth Lori Klevesahl Town of Greenville Maple Creek City of Appleton County of Calumet Wendy Helgeson Larry Katerzynske Village of Village of Kimberly Kami Lynch Beth Hauser Town of Dale Black Creek Danielle Block Jenny DeZeeuw Town of Hortonia Town of Oneida Connie McDermid City of Kaukauna Town of Lyn M. Neuenfeldt Jennifer Andersen Village of Sally Kenney Black Creek Town of Deer Creek Village of Little Chute Christy Stover Kenneth Everts Town of Kaukauna Town of Osborn Combined Locks Laurie Decker City of Seymour Debbie Darlene Schultz Racquel Lori Thiel Town of Bovina Town of Ellington VanderHeiden Shampo-Giese Village of Nichols Charles J. Pluger Bonnie Fischer Town of Seymour Kristi Kovacs Darlene Schultz WNAXLP PAGE 2 WNAXLP OFFICES ON THE BALLOT: See what’s on your ballot at: https://myvote.wi.gov STATE LEGISLATIVE Calumet County: STATE SENATOR: Sheriff: In the Partisan Primary: District 1: Republican: Jeff Hebl • You may vote in only ONE party’s primary. Republican: Bill Nauta Mark Wiegert • If you choose a party, votes cast in that party will be André Jacque Clerk of Circuit Court: counted. Votes cast in any other party will not be Democratic: Caleb Frostman Republican: Connie Daun counted. Town of Buchanan; Villages of Combined Locks, • If you do not choose a party, and you vote in more Winnebago County: Harrison (Calumet County), Kimberly, Little Chute – than one party, no votes will be counted. Sheriff: Wards 3, 7, 9, 10 & 11; Wrightstown – Ward 4; City of Republican: John Matz Appleton – Wards 12-14, 26, 44-47 (Calumet Cty.) & You must vote for individual candidates. Ward 59 (Outagamie Cty.); Kaukauna – Wards 12-14 Coroner: Party Choices are: Republican: Barry Busby Republican District 19: Democratic Republican: Roger Roth Clerk of Circuit Court: Libertarian Democratic: Dan Grady Republican: Teresa Griese Wisconsin Green Lee Snodgrass Melissa M.