Not that long ago, absentee ballots made up a tiny proportion of total votes cast in any U.S. election.  In recent years, due to changes in lifestyle, and of course the COVID-19 pandemic, absentee voting has soared.  Absentee voting peaked in the 2020 November election, at the height of the pandemic, accounting for more than half of the 3.2 million votes cast in Wisconsin.

Even in 2022 after the pandemic had ebbed, more than 750,000 Wisconsin voters chose to vote absentee.  Absentee voting, it seems, is here to stay.

This year, in-person absentee voting starts Tuesday, March 19th, two weeks ahead of the Wisconsin spring nonpartisan elections and partisan primary on April 2nd.  Madison City Clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl called in to the Buzz to tell us how absentee voting works and how Madison residents can use this voting option.

photo courtesy of WORT-FM

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