NOTICE of SPRING ELECTION and PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE VOTE April 5, 2016
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NOTICE OF SPRING ELECTION AND PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE VOTE April 5, 2016 OFFICIAL NOTICE & SAMPLE BALLOTS OUTAGAMIE COUNTY including Calumet and Winnebago Counties in the City of Appleton. A supplement to: Appleton Post-Crescent, Freedom Pursuit, Heart of the Valley Times-Villager, and Seymour Advertiser Community News. DISTRIBUTED BY THE OUTAGAMIE COUNTY CLERK’S OFFICE If questions, contact 920-832-5077 WNAXLP PAGE 2 WNAXLP NOTICE OF SPRING ELECTION AND TO: The Voters of Outagamie County and parts of Calumet and Winnebago PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE VOTE County (City of Appleton). AND SAMPLE BALLOTS The information in this notice meets the requirements APRIL 5, 2016 of the Wisconsin State Statutes which require that county, town, village, city, and school district clerks OFFICE OF THE OUTAGAMIE COUNTY CLERK notify the electors of each municipality of the TO THE VOTERS OF OUTAGAMIE COUNTY AND CITY OF APPLETON candidates for federal, state, county, town, village, (CALUMET, OUTAGAMIE & WINNEBAGO COUNTIES): city, and school district offi ce and in some cases to publish a sample ballot. NOTE: City of New London publishes complete city candidates and referendum information for the City of New London separately. Outagamie County candidates listed in this notice. The information as to candidates, order of candidates, poll hours and poll locations was provided by the following county, town, village, city, Notice is hereby given of a spring election and a Presidential Preference Vote to be held in Outagamie County and school clerks: and the City of Appleton (Calumet, Outagamie, and Winnebago Counties) on April 5, 2016, at which the offi cers named below shall be chosen. The names of the candidates for each offi ce to be voted for, whose nominations County of Outagamie Village of Kimberly have been certifi ed to or fi led in this offi ce, are given under the title of the offi ce, each in its proper column, in the Lori J. O’Bright Adam M. Hammatt sample ballot below. County of Winnebago Village of Little Chute INFORMATION TO VOTERS Susan T. Ertmer Laurie Decker Upon entering the polling place, a voter shall state his or her name and address, show an acceptable form of County of Calumet Village of Nichols photo identifi cation and sign the poll book before being permitted to vote. If a voter is not registered to vote, a Beth Hauser Linda Hoes voter may register to vote at the polling place serving his or her residence, if the voter presents proof of residence in a form specifi ed by law. Where ballots are distributed to voters, the initials of two inspectors must appear on Town of Black Creek Village of Shiocton the ballot. Upon being permitted to vote, the voter shall retire alone to a voting booth and cast his or her ballot, Karen Herman Laurie Bunnell except that a voter who is a parent or guardian may be accompanied by the voter’s minor child or minor ward. An election offi cial may inform the voter of the proper manner for casting a vote, but the offi cial may not in any Town of Bovina Village of Wrightstown manner advise or indicate a particular voting choice. Charles J. Pluger Jean Brandt AT THE SPRING ELECTION Town of Buchanan City of Appleton Joel Gregozeski Kami Lynch Where Paper Ballots or Optical Scan Voting is Used The voter shall fi ll in the oval or connect the arrow next to the name of the candidate of his or her choice for each Town of Center City of Kaukauna offi ce for which he or she intends to vote. To vote for a person whose name does not appear on the ballot, the Nancy J. Christensen Susan J. Duda voter shall write in the name of the person of his or her choice in the space provided, and fi ll in the oval or connect the arrow next to the write-in line. Town of Cicero City of Seymour When using an electronic ballot marking device (“Automark”) to mark an optical scan ballot, the voter shall Lori Klevesahl Lori Thiel touch the screen at the name of the candidate of his or her choice for each offi ce 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 Town of Dale Appleton Area person of his or her choice in the space provided for a write-in vote. Jenny DeZeeuw School Dist. Diane S. Barkmeier Where Touch Screen Voting is Used Town of The voter shall touch the screen at the name of the candidate of his or her choice for each offi ce for which he Deer Creek Clintonville Public Kenneth Everts School Dist. or she intends to vote. To vote for a person whose name does not appear on the ballot, the voter shall type in the Jim Dins name of the person of his or her choice in the space provided for a write-in vote. Town of Ellington Bonnie Fischer Freedom Area AT THE PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE VOTE School Dist. Where Paper Ballots or Optical Scan Voting is Used Town of Freedom Allan Tiedt Within the party of his or her choice, the voter shall fi ll in the oval or connect the arrow next to the name of the Barbara Seegers candidate of his or her choice or shall, in the alternative, fi ll in the oval or connect the arrow next to the words Hortonville Area “Uninstructed Delegation,” or write in the name of a person of his or her choice for a candidate in the space Town of Grand Chute School Dist. provided for a write-in vote and fi ll in the oval or connect the arrow next to the write-in line. Karen Weinschrott Willard Griesbach When using an electronic ballot marking device (“Automark”) to mark an optical scan ballot, the voter shall touch the screen at the party of his or her choice. Within the party of his or her choice, the voter shall then touch Town of Greenville Kaukauna Area Wendy Helgeson School Dist. the screen at the name of the candidate of his or her choice or shall, in the alternative, touch the screen at the Tim Reichenberger words “Uninstructed Delegation,” or type in the name of a person of his or her choice in the space provided for a Town of Hortonia write-in vote. Lyn M. Neuenfeldt Kimberly Area School Dist. Where Touch Screen Voting is Used Town of Kaukauna Debbie Roberts Within the party of his or her choice, the voter shall touch the screen at the name of the candidate of his or her Debbie VanderHeiden choice or shall, in the alternative, touch the screen at the words “Uninstructed Delegation,” or type in the name Little Chute Area of a person of his or her choice in the space provided for a write-in vote. Town of Liberty School Dist. A voter may cast only one vote in the presidential preference primary. Julia DeGroot Joe Roehl The vote shall not be cast in any other manner. Not more than fi ve minutes’ time shall be allowed inside a voting booth. Sample ballots or other materials to assist the voter in marking his or her ballot may be taken into Town of Maine Menasha Joint Lori Klevesahl School Dist. the booth and copied. The sample ballot shall not be shown to anyone so as to reveal how the ballot is marked. Steve Thompson If a voter spoils a paper or optical scan ballot, he or she shall return it to an election offi cial who shall issue Town of Maple Creek another ballot in its place, but not more than three ballots shall be issued to any one voter. If the ballot has not Larry Katerzynske School Dist. of been initialed by two inspectors or is defective in any other way, the voter shall return it to the election offi cial who New London shall issue a proper ballot in its place. Town of Oneida Jeremy Gorges The voter may spoil a touch screen ballot at the voting station before the ballot is cast. Mary Olson Pulaski Com. After Voting the Ballot Town of Osborn School Dist. After an offi cial paper ballot is marked, it shall be folded so that the inside marks do not show, but so the printed Darlene Schultz Trina Townsend endorsements and inspectors’ initials on the outside do show. After casting his or her vote, the voter shall leave the booth, deposit his or her folded ballots in the proper ballot box or deliver the ballots to an inspector for deposit, Town of Seymour Seymour Com. Darlene Schultz School Dist. and shall leave the polling place promptly. Nathan King After an offi cial optical scan ballot is marked, it shall be inserted in the security sleeve so the marks do not Town of Vandenbroek show. After casting his or her vote, the voter shall insert the ballot in the voting device and discard the sleeve. The Cory Swedberg School Dist. voter shall leave the polling place promptly. of Shiocton After an offi cial touch screen ballot is cast, the voter shall leave the polling place promptly. Village of Bear Creek David Gomm A voter may select an individual to assist in casting his or her vote if the voter declares to the presiding offi cial Betty Miller that he or she is unable to read, has diffi culty reading, writing, or understanding English, or that due to disability School Dist. of is unable to cast his or her ballot.