2024 Election Dates
To Run for Office in Town of Cooperstown:
The following links provide you with the necessary paperwork needed to be filed with the Town Clerk no later than 5:00pm on January 2, 2024 if you wish to run for a Town Office.
(you need a minimum of 20 signatures and they must be from someone who at least 18 years of age and reside in the Town of Cooperstown.
EL163_notification_of_noncandidacy_rev_4_09_fillable_pdf
CF-1 - Campaign Finance Registration Statement
Voting and Election Information
Voting by Absentee Ballot:
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 28 consecutive days before the election. The elector must also be registered in order to receive an absentee ballot.
You must make a request for an absentee ballot in writing.
Contact your municipal clerk and request that an application for an absentee ballot be sent to you for the primary or election or both. You may also submit a written request in the form of a letter. Your written request must list your voting address within the municipality where you wish to vote, the address where the absentee ballot should be sent, if different, and your signature. You may make application for an absentee ballot by mail or in person.
Making application to receive an absentee ballot by mail:
The deadline for making application to receive an absentee by mail is:
5 pm on the fifth day before the election, Thursday, October 31, 2024.
Note: Special absentee voting application provisions apply to electors who are indefinitely confined to home or a care facility, in the military, hospitalized, or serving as a sequestered juror. If this applies to you, contact the municipal clerk regarding deadlines for requesting and submitting an absentee ballot.
Voting an absentee ballot in person
You may also request and vote an absentee ballot in the clerk's office or other specified location during the days and hours specified for casting an absentee ballot in person.
Susan Kornely, 15911 CTH R, Maribel, WI 54227-9750, Phone: 920-660-8544
In-person absentee voting hours by appointment.
The first day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office is: Tuesday, October 22, 2024
The last day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk's office: Friday, November 1, 2024
The municipal clerk will deliver voted ballots returned on or before Election Day to the proper polling place or counting location before the polls close on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. Any ballots received after the polls close will not be counted.
To check the status of your absentee ballot or check your voter history
- Please visit: https://myvote.wi.gov/
State of Wisconsin Government Accountabilility Board
The State of Wisconsin Government Accountability Board has all the forms available for download at their web site. Below are links to some of the most requested forms.
- WEC Web site: Wisconsin Elections Commission
EL-121 Absentee Ballot Request
- English Absentee Ballot Request: EL-12120for20Ballot282020-06-Fillable_0
- Spanish Absentee Ballot Request: EL-121s20for20Ballot20Spanish
Hmong Absentee Ballot Request: EL-121H Hmong Absentee Ballot Request.pdf
EL-131 Voter Registration Form
- English Voter Registration Form: https://elections.wi.gov/forms/el-131-fillable
- Spanish Voter Registration Form: https://elections.wi.gov/forms/el-131-spanish
- Hmong Voter Registration Form: https://elections.wi.gov/forms/el-131-hmong-fillable