Step 1
Register or check your status
Register online up to 20 days before an election, or in person at your clerk’s office, an early voting site, or your polling place on Election Day (otherwise, vote using your former address).
Voting is easier than you think.
Check your registration, find your polling place, and see exactly what’s on your ballot — in about two minutes. No experience required.
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Make a plan
Three steps to voting.
Step 2
Get your photo ID sorted
A WI driver’s license or state ID works. No birth certificate? You can still get a free ID for voting at any Wisconsin DMV — start that process early.
Step 3
Choose how you’ll vote
Vote by mail (any voter may request an absentee ballot), early in person at sites designated by each municipality, or on Election Day at your polling place.
2026 Wisconsin election dates & deadlines
Confirm all dates at myvote.wi.gov before acting.
General Election
Tuesday, Nov 3
- Oct 13
- Suggested absentee ballot request deadline*
- Oct 14
- Online registration closes
- Oct 20
- Early in-person voting begins
- Nov 3
- Election Day — vote at your polling place
*The suggested deadline is earlier than the legal (statutory) deadline so your ballot has time to reach you, get a witness signature, and be returned. Source: LWVMC 2026 Election Education Resources.
Get help
If time, ID, or a ride is what’s stopping you — this is free.
These are real, no-cost services, not just information. If any of these apply to you, start here first.
Free ID & proof-of-residence help
VoteRiders offers free, one-on-one help getting a valid photo ID or proof-of-residence document. Or call/text nonpartisan volunteers at 608-285-2141.
Rides to the DMV or the polls
Souls to the Polls provides rides to get an ID, drop off a ballot, or vote — removing the transportation barrier entirely.
Voting with a disability
You have the right to an accessible polling place, curbside voting, and assistance from a person of your choice. The Disability Rights Wisconsin Voter Hotline can help.
Your ballot
This year, a few hundred votes really could decide it.
Presidential races get the attention, but state legislative and local races are often decided by a small number of votes. Plus, voters will decide on proposed changes to the WI Constitution. Things that matter.
These are also the races and questions closest to the issues you care about most — roads, housing, affordability, public safety, healthcare — the things that shape daily life here. Voting is how you have a say in them.
Know your rights
If something goes wrong at the polls, you have options.
In line by 8 p.m.? You vote.
If you’re in line when polls close, you have the legal right to cast your ballot. If anyone challenges that, call the hotline below.
Made a mistake on your ballot?
You have the right to a replacement ballot instead of casting a spoiled one. Just ask a poll worker.
Forgot your ID?
You can still cast a provisional ballot. Just show valid ID to your municipal clerk by 4 p.m. the Friday after the election and it counts.