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This page is an overview of the 2021 Wisconsin elections, including the offices on the ballot covered by Ballotpedia, election dates, and frequently asked questions.
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Below is a list of Wisconsin elections covered by Ballotpedia in 2021. Click the links to learn more about each type:
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Election dates
Statewide election dates in Wisconsin are listed below. For more dates, please see the elections calendar.
Statewide election dates
February 16, 2021: Primary
April 6, 2021: General election
Polling hours: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.[1]
Local election dates
Ballotpedia provides comprehensive ballot coverage of municipal elections in the nation's 100 largest cities by population, including races for trial court judgeships and county offices that overlap them. Ballotpedia also covers the nation's 200 largest public school districts by student enrollment and all school districts overlapping the top 100 cities by population.
Frequently asked questions
When are the polls open?
7 a.m. to 8 p.m.[1]
See State Poll Opening and Closing Times (2021) for more information
Where can I find election results?
Election results are posted on Ballotpedia's election overview pages, as well as the relevant candidate pages. You can find links to the current election overview pages in the 'Offices on the ballot' section of this page.
How do primaries work in Wisconsin?
A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Wisconsin utilizes an open primary system; registered voters do not have to be members of a party to vote in that party's primary.[2][3][4][5]
How do I register to vote?
To register to vote in Wisconsin, one must be a citizen of the United States and a resident of Wisconsin for at least 28 days prior to the election. A voter must be at least 18 years of age.[6][7]
One can register by mailing a form to the local municipal clerk. An individual can also register in person at the municipal clerk's office. If registering by mail, the application must be postmarked no later than 20 days before the election. In-person registration must be completed by 5 p.m. on the Friday before Election Day. Same-day voter registration is also available, as long as the registrant provides proof of residency at the polls.[6]
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Is there an early voting period?
- See also: Early voting
Wisconsin permits early voting. Learn more by visiting this website.
As of August 2020, 38 states and the District of Columbia permitted early voting. Early voting permits citizens to cast ballots in person at a polling place prior to an election. In states that permit early voting, a voter does not have to provide an excuse for being unable to vote on election day. States that do not permit early voting still permit some or all citizens to vote early by mail—often known as absentee voting. Some states allow no-excuse absentee voting, while others require an excuse. States that allow in-person absentee voting without an excuse are counted among early voting states. Click here for early voting laws by state.[8]
Who is eligible for absentee voting?
- See also: Absentee voting
All voters are eligible to vote absentee in Wisconsin. There are no special eligibility requirements for voting absentee.[9]
To vote absentee, an application must be received by the municipal clerk no later than 5 p.m. on the Thursday before Election Day. If mailed through the U.S. Postal Service, a returned absentee ballot 'must be postmarked no later than Election Day and received by the municipal clerk no later than 4 p.m. on the Friday after the election.' For other means of delivery, the completed ballot must be 'delivered to the municipal clerk no later than 8 p.m. on Election Day.'[9]
What are the voter ID laws in Wisconsin?
See Voter identification laws by state.
How do I file to run for office?
See Ballot access requirements for political candidates in Wisconsin for information on how to run for state or federal office.
What does Ballotpedia cover?
Ballotpedia's coverage extends to all elections on the federal level, all gubernatorial, state legislative, statewide ballot measure, and statewide judicial elections, as well as many other types of state executive offices. Local elections coverage includes comprehensive ballot coverage for municipal and judicial elections in the top 100 cities by population and races for the large counties that overlap them. It also includes school board elections in the top 200 largest school districts by enrollment, all California local ballot measures, and notable local ballot measures from across the nation. Ballotpedia covers elections in the U.S. territories but not elections in other countries.
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.01.1Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations, 'Chapter 6, Subchapter 3, Section 78', accessed November 19, 2019
- ↑National Conference of State Legislatures, 'State Primary Election Types,' accessed October 25, 2019
- ↑FairVote, 'Primaries,' accessed October 25, 2019
- ↑Ballotpedia research conducted December 26, 2013, through January 3, 2014, researching and analyzing various state websites and codes.
- ↑Wisconsin Elections Commission, 'Top Five Things Voters Should Know for Primary Day,' accessed October 25, 2019
- ↑ 6.06.1Wisconsin Elections Comission, 'Voter Registration,' accessed October 8, 2019
- ↑Wisconsin Elections Commission, 'UPDATED: 7th Circuit Court of Appeals Ruling in One Wisconsin Institute Case,' June 30, 2020
- ↑National Conference of State Legislatures, 'State Laws Governing Early Voting,' August 2, 2019
- ↑ 9.09.1Government Accountability Board - State of Wisconsin, 'Absentee voting,' accessed December 17, 2013
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Special Days In 2021
The World Health Organization (W.H.O.), on the day President Joe Biden took office, released new coronavirus testing guidelines for laboratories worldwide that may result in fewer infections reported by health officials.
On Inauguration Day, the W.H.O. issued the new directives for the commonly used PCR testing in the form of a “medical product alert,” indicating that a patient who comes out positive may need to take a second test and present symptoms to be considered infected.
The next day, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top infectious disease expert in the U.S. government, revealed that his new boss, Biden, had signed a letter to rejoin the organization.
In July 2020, Trump withdrew from the W.H.O. for helping China hide the severity of the coronavirus that originated within its borders during the disease’s early stages, allowing it to spread to the world.
Independent assessments by media outlets and a recently released report commissioned by the W.H.O. itself have confirmed Trump’s reasons for pulling out of the international body.
Some individuals discussed the new guidelines on Twitter:
PCR positive is no longer = Covid. You are not Covid now unless you get a second test to confirm it, and are presenting clinical symptoms. We shall see what the net impact of this indeed is.
Released 20/21 Jan 2020https://t.co/giAYWjQFDBpic.twitter.com/axKemwS2Sx
— Ethical Skeptic ☀ (@EthicalSkeptic) January 20, 2021
On Tuesday, the W.H.O advised laboratories that a single PCR test, considered the “gold standard” by health officials, is no longer enough, noting that an asymptomatic person who tests positive may need a second test for confirmation.
“Where test results do not correspond with the clinical presentation, a new specimen should be taken and retested using the same or different [PCR test],” W.H.O. officials wrote. W.H.O. officials now say that the PCR tests that have been used across the U.S. and elsewhere to detect coronavirus infections are a mere “aid for diagnosis,” adding:
Therefore, health care providers must consider any result in combination with timing of sampling, specimen type, assay specifics, clinical observations, patient history, confirmed status of any contacts, and epidemiological information.
The W.H.O. did not say why it waited over a year after health officials first detected the virus in China to release the testing guidelines, which suggest that some laboratories have been misdiagnosing some infections.
“Up until COVID hit in 2020, neither WHO nor the CDC had ever considered a single positive PCR test sufficient for diagnosing viral infection,” Michael Thau from Red State noted.
Turns out during all 4 epidemics prior to COVID-19 since 2000, CDC & WHO were concerned about the high false-positive rates for PCR tests & issued guidelines to try and minimize them. But for C19, both somehow forgot all about PCR false-positive rates.https://t.co/XC4w46G62Vpic.twitter.com/xfxXedyt9j
— Michael Thau (@MichaelThau) August 30, 2020
W.H.O. officials now explain:
[D]isease prevalence alters the predictive value of test results; as disease prevalence decreases, the risk of false positive increases. …. This means that the probability that a person who has a positive result (SARS-CoV-2 detected) is truly infected with SARS-CoV-2 decreases as prevalence decreases, irrespective of the claimed specificity.
SARS-CoV-2 is the official name of the coronavirus.
An assessment carried out by an independent international panel established by the W.H.O. determined this month that both China and the U.N. entity fumbled their response to the virus during the early stages of the outbreak, as Trump suspected.
Before Trump pulled out of the W.H.O., the United States was the agency’s top contributor but had less clout than China, which provided the U.N. with substantially less funding.