Are You Registered to Vote on February 19?

People who want to vote in any Wisconsin election must register to vote first. State and federal law requires a voter to be a citizen of the United States. The person also has to be 18 years of age on or before the day of the election.

Citizens can register with their municipal clerk before the election. They also can register at the polling place on Election Day. Voters must live near the polling places. Each polling place has boundaries. To vote at a polling place, a person must live inside those boundaries.

Aside from registering on the day of the election, you can register at:
• County Election Offices.
• Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) offices.
• Food stamps offices.
• Women, infants and children (WIC) benefits offices.
• Any office or agency that provides services for the disabled community.
• Medicaid offices.

First-time voters also must fill out and sign a registration form. They must do that before they can get a ballot. They also must have lived at their current address for at least 10 days.
Citizens must show a form of identification when registering. The identification document must list their current address.

Must have legal type of ID
The most common form of identification is a driver's license issued by the state of Wisconsin. The holder of the license must list the license's number on the voter registration form.

If a person does not have a state driver's license, the last four numbers of a Social Security card can be used. If a person does not have a driver's license or Social Security card, the person must check a box on the registration form.

Wisconsin's election laws let potential voters use any of about 15 different types of forms to show proof of having lived in a place for the last 10 days. They include a gas, electric or telephone bill sent within the last 90 days. A bank statement or pay check also can be used.

If the person cannot provide any of the other forms of proof, another registered voter from the same district can sign a statement. The statement says the registered voter knows the potential voter lives at the address on the form. The voter who is the witness in this case must also show one of the acceptable forms of identification.
The statements on the form must be true. A person who lies on the form can be charged with a crime.