In previous years, absentee voting lines stretched through the hallways of the City County Building in downtown Madison as voters waited for hours just to cast a single ballot.
Not this year. Absentee voting is now a citywide affair. Early voting in the city of Madison officially kicked off today and voters are able to cast in-person absentee ballots for the first time at all of Madison’s public libraries. The Madison city clerk’s office has trained librarians at all nine public libraries to process absentee votes.
The Madison City Council approved the expanded absentee voting hours and locations in early September. There are three other sites in addition to the nine public libraries where you may cast an absentee ballot including UW-Madison, Edgewood College and the city’s East Side Streets Division.
Republican lawmakers had enacted limits on early and absentee voting that blocked weekend voting and established certain hours and dates for in-person voting. A federal judge threw out many of those laws in July, saying they were unfair to minority and largely Democratic voters.
Here are the in-person absentee voting hours and locations. A person may vote at any of these locations regardless of what district they reside in.
City Clerk’s Office
210 Martin Luther King, Jr., Blvd. #103
8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, September 26 through November 4
9 a.m. to noon Saturdays, October 1, 8, 15, and 22
9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, October 29 and November 5
1 to 4 p.m. Sundays, October 30 and November 6
Streets East
4602 Sycamore Avenue
7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, September 26 through November 4
Central Library
201 W. Mifflin Street
9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, September 26 through November 3
9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Fridays, September 30 November 4
9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturdays, October 1 through October 29
1 to 4:30 p.m. Sundays, October 2 through 30
Alicia Ashman Library
733 N. High Point Road
9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, September 26 through November 4
9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturdays, October 1 through October 29
Goodman South Madison Library
2222 S. Park Street
10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, September 26 through November 4
9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturdays, October 1 through October 29
Hawthorne Library
2707 E. Washington Avenue
10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, September 26 through November 4
9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturdays, October 1 through October 29
Lakeview Library
2845 N. Sherman Avenue
10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, September 26 through November 4
9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturdays, October 1 through October 29
Meadowridge Library
5726 Raymond Road
10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, September 26 through November 4
9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturdays, October 1 through October 29
Monroe Street Library
1705 Monroe Street
1 to 8:30 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, September 26 through November 4
10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays, September 27 through November 1
Noon to 5:30 p.m. Thursdays, September 29 through November 3
9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturdays, October 1 through October 29
Pinney Library
204 Cottage Grove Road
9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, September 26 through November 4
9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturdays, October 1 through October 29
1 to 4:30 p.m. Sundays, October 2 through October 30
Sequoya Library
4340 Tokay Blvd.
9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, September 26 through November 4
9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturdays, October 1 through October 29
1 to 4:30 p.m. Sundays, October 2 through October 30
Edgewood College – Wingra Commons
Predolin Hall, 1000 Edgewood College Drive
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday, October 31 – November 4
UW-Madison – Union South
Marquee Lounge on 2nd floor of Union South, 1308 W. Dayton Street
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, October 31 – November 4
