Gazette Staff

PORTAGE COUNTY — Special Voting Deputies appointed by the City of Stevens Point will be administering absentee voting for the residents of various facilities for the Feb. 19 election.

Any qualified elector who is unable or unwilling to appear at the polling place on Election Day may request to vote an absentee ballot. A qualified elector is any U. S. citizen, who will be 18 years of age or older on Election Day, who has resided in the ward or municipality where he or she wishes to vote for at least 10 consecutive days before the election. The elector must also be registered in order to receive an absentee ballot.

Only observers from each of the two recognized political parties whose candidates for governor or president received the greatest number of votes in the municipality at the most
recent general election may accompany the deputies to each facility where absentee voting will take place. The observers may observe the process of absentee ballot distribution in the common areas of the home, facility, or complex. Each party wishing to have an observer present shall submit the name of the observer to the clerk or board of election commissioners no later than the close of business on the last business day prior to the visit.

These facilities are listed below:

-Brookdale Senior Living, 5625 Sandpiper Drive at 10:15 A.M. (Feb. 5)
-Portage County Health Care Center, 825 Whiting Avenue at 10:15 A.M. (Feb. 6)
-Willow Brooke Point, 1800 Bluebell Lane at 1PM (Feb. 7)
-Willow Brooke Point, 1801 Lilac Lane at 1:30 P.M. (Feb. 7)
-Brookdale Senior Living, 5625 Sandpiper Drive at 10:15 A.M. (Feb. 12)

Family members of residents may be present at the time of voting. If you have further questions, please contact:
Clerk Paul F. Piotrowski
1515 Strongs Avenue
Stevens Point, WI 54481
715-346-1569
[email protected]