If you do not cast your ballot on Friday, Door County Clerk Jill Lau is asking you to bring photo identification and patience to the polls on Tuesday. While some municipalities will have early voting available until November 3rd, it ends on Friday in Door County. That means you will have to wait until Election Day to vote if you are not still holding onto an absentee ballot. According to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel and Wisconsin Elections Commission data, over 1 million absentee ballots have been received by municipalities across the state, which encompasses people who voted in person or utilized the U.S. Postal Service and drop boxes. Door County has received 6,391 absentee ballots as of October 31st, 88 percent of the total it sent out. Kewaunee County has seen a slightly higher percentage of its absentee ballots returned at 89 percent, accounting for 2,263 ballots. The region continues to grab headlines with the New York Times doing a piece on sparring neighbors in the City of Algoma over their presidential picks. Kewaunee County Democratic Party Chairperson Stan Johnson says they are working hard for November 5th in hopes of starting a healing process on November 6th.
While you may have to wait in line on Tuesday, you do not have to worry about your polling place running out of ballots. Lau says they planned with extra ballots being printed, and they can print off more if needed.
