ATTENTION RESIDENTS
Montfort Water Department is requesting your help. They are looking for homes built around 1983 – 1984. They also need to know of any homes with lead water service lines. If your home qualifies for one or both please call the number below.
Thank you in advance for you help.
Montfort Water Department
Todd Griffiths and Rob Aide
608-778-9799
NEW VOTING EQUIPMENT
Per the County, the Village of Montfort had to update our voting equipment. Our old machines were marked for an end date by 2023 and parts would no longer be available. The machine that the Village went with is updatable where the prior ones were not. I have attached a description of the new machine. You may also view a short video about the machine at this link: https://ccelections.com/products/election-equipment/ice. Below please see instructions for voting on the new machines.
IMAGECAST EVOLUTION (ICE) VOTING MACHINE INSTRUCTIONS
If you need to register to vote, change your address or name please visit https://myvote.wi.gov/en-us/MyVoterInfo to register online. You may also stop at the Clerk’s office to fill out a paper registration form.
If anyone has any questions you may call the Village Clerk at 608-943-6917.
All dogs or cats need to be leashed and not be permitted to run at large or you may be fined.
If you see a dog running at large and would like to file a complaint, you should take a photo of the animal and call Grant County Sheriff’s Department at 608-723-2157.
If a dog is running at large and the owner is not reachable or known, the dog shall be taken to the Grant County Humane Society. The owner shall be responsible for all cost to retrieve said animal.
Dog bites or attacks shall not be tolerated. The owner of a dog who bites shall be fined and made to follow quarantine protocol per the ordinance.
Notice of Spring Primary and
Sample Ballots
February 18, 2020
OFFICE OF THE VILLAGE OF MONTFORT CLERK
TO THE VOTERS OF THE VILLAGE OF MONTFORT:
Notice is hereby given of a spring primary election to be held in the Village of Montfort, on the 18th day of February, 2020, at which the officers named below shall be nominated. The names of the candidates or each office, whose nominations have been certified to or filed in this office, are given under the title of the office, each in its proper column, together with the questions submitted to a vote, for a referendum, if any, in the sample ballot below.
INFORMATION TO ELECTORS
Upon entering the polling place, a voter shall state his or her name and address, show acceptable proof of identification and sign the poll book before being permitted to vote. If a voter is not registered to vote, a voter may register to vote at the polling place serving his or her residence, if the voter presents proof of residence in a form specified by law. Where ballots are distributed to electors, the initials of two inspectors must appear on the ballot. Upon being permitted to vote, the voter shall retire alone to a voting booth and cast his or her ballot except that a voter who is a parent or guardian may be accompanied by the elector’s minor child or minor ward. An election official may inform the voter of the proper manner for casting a vote, but the official may not in any manner advise or indicate a particular voting choice.
Where Paper Ballots are Used
The voter shall make a cross (X) in the square next to the name of the candidate of his or her choice for each office for which he or she intends to vote. To vote for a person whose name does not appear on the ballot, the voter shall write in the name of the person of his or her choice in the space provided for a write-in vote. On referendum questions, the voter shall make a cross (X) in the square next to “yes” if in favor of the question, or the voter shall make a cross (X) in the square next to “no” if opposed to the question.
Where Optical Scan Voting is Used
The voter shall fill in the oval or connect the arrow next to the name of the candidate of his or her choice for each office for which he or she intends to vote. To vote for a person whose name does not appear on the ballot, the voter shall write in the name of the person of his or her Type B Notice
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choice in the space provided for a write-in vote, and fill in the oval or connect the arrow next to the write-in line. On referendum questions, the voter shall fill in the oval or connect the arrow next to “yes” if in favor of the question, or the voter shall fill in the oval or connect the arrow next to “no” if opposed to the question.
When using an electronic ballot marking device (“Automark”) to mark an optical scan ballot, the voter shall touch the screen at the name of the candidate of his or her choice for each office for which he or she intends to vote. To vote for a person whose name does not appear on the ballot, the voter shall type in the name of the person of his or her choice in the space provided for a write-in vote. On referendum questions, the voter shall touch the screen at “yes” if in favor of the question, or the voter shall touch the screen at “no” if opposed to the question.
Where Touch Screen Voting is Used
The voter shall touch the screen next to the name of the candidate of his or her choice for each office for which he or she intends to vote. To vote for a person whose name does not appear on the ballot, the voter shall type in the name of the person of his or her choice in the space provided for a write-in vote. On referendum questions, the voter shall touch the screen next to “yes” if in favor of the question, or the voter shall touch the screen next to “no” if opposed to the question.
The vote should not be cast in any other manner. Not more than five minutes’ time shall be allowed inside a voting booth. Sample ballots or other materials to assist the voter in casting his or her vote may be taken into the booth and copied. The sample ballot shall not be shown to anyone so as to reveal how the ballot is marked.
If the voter spoils a paper or optical scan ballot, he or she shall return it to an election official who shall issue another ballot in its place, but not more than three ballots shall be issued to any one voter. If the ballot has not been initialed by two inspectors or is defective in any other way, the voter shall return it to the election official, who shall issue a proper ballot in its place.
The voter may spoil a touch screen ballot at the voting station before the ballot is cast.
After Voting the Ballot
After an official paper ballot is marked, it shall be folded so the inside Type B Notice
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marks do not show, but so the printed endorsements and inspectors’ initials on the outside do show. The voter shall deposit the voted ballot in the ballot box, or deliver the ballot to an inspector for deposit, and shall leave the polling place promptly.
After an official optical scan ballot is marked, it shall be inserted in the security sleeve so the marks do not show. The voter shall insert the ballot in the voting device and discard the sleeve, or deliver the ballot to an inspector for deposit. If a central count system is used, the voter shall insert the ballot in the ballot box and discard the sleeve, or deliver the ballot to an inspector for deposit. The voter shall leave the polling place promptly.
After an official touch screen ballot is cast, the voter shall leave the polling place promptly.
A voter may select an individual to assist in casting his or her vote if the voter declares to the presiding official that he or she is unable to read, has difficulty reading, writing or understanding English or that due to disability is unable to cast his or her ballot. The selected individual rendering assistance may not be the voter’s employer or an agent of that employer or an officer or agent of a labor organization which represents the voter.
The following is a sample of the official ballots:
(see attached)
Shelly Kazda
Shelly Kazda, Clerk-Treasurer
Posted 2/11/20 at Community building, Post Office and Village Website. https://villageofmontfort.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Iowa-County-Sample-Ballot.pdf
https://villageofmontfort.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Grant-County-Sample-Ballot.pdf
LOCATION AND HOURS OF POLLING PLACE
At the Spring Primary Election to be held on February 18, 2020, in the Village of Montfort, the following polling place locations will be used for the wards indicated:
Location Wards
Montfort Fire Department Ward 1 & Ward 2
605 S. Wall Street
THE POLLING PLACE WILL OPEN AT 7:00 A.M. AND WILL CLOSE AT 8:00 P.M.
If you have any questions concerning your polling place, contact the municipal clerk.
Shelly Kazda-Clerk
102 E. Park Street
608-943-6917
Monday-Thursday 8:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.
All polling places are accessible to elderly and disabled voters.
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Notice of Meeting of the Local Board of Canvassers
At the close of voting on Election Day, pursuant to the provisions of Wis. Stat. § 19.84, the Election Inspectors at each polling place will convene as the Local Canvassing Board for the purpose of conducting the local canvass pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 7.51. This meeting will be open to the public pursuant to Wis. Stat. §§ 19.81-89.
TESTING ELECTRONIC VOTING EQUIPMENT
FOR THE FEBRUARY 18, 2020 SPRING PRIMARY ELECTION
According to Wis. Stats. 5.84 (1) Testing Equipment, the electronic voting equipment must be tested at a public meeting. The ICE – ImageCast Evolution electronic voting system, which utilizes automatic tabulating equipment, will be tested on Saturday, February 8 at 11:00 a.m. in the Community Building, 102 E. Park Street.
This test is open to the public.
Shelly Kazda
Clerk-Treasurer
Village of Montfort