Election Information

uPCOMING ELECTION SCHEDULES

Polling Places open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m.

Click here to view the Wisconsin Election Commission's Calendar of Events relating to elections.  Please make note of the very important deadlines regarding voter registration and absentee voting.

2022

• Tuesday, November 8 (**Election Day is always the 1st Tuesday, after the 1st Monday in November)
  • Partisan Election & Referendum - there will be two County-wide referenda questions on the ballot.
    • Type C Notice of Referendum - will post as soon as it's received.  
  • Visit MyVote to find your polling location, see what is on your ballot, register to vote and/or request an absentee ballot.
• Ballots are expected to arrive and be mailed out the week of September 19.  
• Public Test scheduled for November 2, 2022 at 10 a.m. in the Art Gallery.
• In-person absentee voting begins Tuesday, October 25, 2022 and ends Friday, November 4, 2022.  Voting hours are 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. except for Friday, November 4 - City Hall is open until 5 p.m.  

2023

• Spring Primary Election - Tuesday, February 21 - If Needed
• Spring Election - Tuesday, April 4

Regularly Scheduled Elections

Spring Primary

Primary held on the third Tuesday in February to nominate non-partisan candidates to be voted for at the Spring Election.
State Statute 5.02(22)

Spring Election

Election held on the first Tuesday in April to elect judicial, educational, and municipal officers, and non-partisan county officers, and to express preferences for the person to be the presidential candidate for each party in presidential election years.
State Statute 5.02(21)

Fall Primary

Primary held in even-numbered years on the second Tuesday in August, to nominate candidates to be voted for at the General Election, and to determine which candidates for state offices other than district attorney may participate in the Wisconsin election campaign fund.
State Statute 5.02(12s)

General Election

Election held in even-numbered years on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November to elect United States senators, representatives to congress, presidential electors, state senators, representatives to the assembly, district attorneys, state officers other than the state superintendent and judicial officers, and county officers other than supervisors and county executives.
State Statute 5.02(5)

apply for your 2022 calendar year absentee ballots

Please use the MyVote site to apply for your 2022 Calendar Year Absentee Ballots and you will be sent one if any special elections are scheduled.  Please do so via myvote.wi.gov.  

For more information:

• Voter Registration Page
• Check voter registration status
• Update voter registration information
• Find polling location 
• Absentee Voting Information
• Make Sure Your Absentee Ballot Counts!

west allis voter turnout statistics

Click here to view (PDF) the City's Voter Turnout Statistics from 2012 to current.  You can see the date and type of election, registered voters, voters per election, percentages of turnouts, as well as how many people voted via absentee ballot.  

FORMAL COURT DECISION RULES DROP BOXES ARE ILLEGAL: Released FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2022

RETURN ALL ABSENTEE BALLOTS TO CITY STAFF IN THE LOBBY OR BY MAIL. ABSENTEE BALLOTS IN OUR DROP BOX WILL NOT BE COUNTED.  CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE.