Notice of Spring Election and Sample Ballot
April 4, 2023
Office of the Barron County Clerk
To the voters of Barron County:
Notice is hereby given of a spring election to be held in Barron County on April 4, 2023 at which
the officers named below shall be nominated. The names of the candidates for 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 in the sample ballot below.

Information to Voters
Upon entering the polling place and before being permitted to vote, a voter shall:
• state their name and address
• show an acceptable form of photo identification*
• sign the poll book**
*If a voter does not have acceptable photo identification, the voter may obtain a free photo ID for
voting from the Division of Motor Vehicles.
**If the voter is unable to sign the poll book due to disability, a poll worker may write the word
“exempt.”
If a voter is not registered to vote, they may register to vote at the polling place serving their
residence if the voter provides proof of residence.
Where ballots are distributed to voters, the initials of two inspectors must appear on the ballot.
Upon being permitted to vote, the voter shall enter a voting booth or go to a machine and cast
their ballot. The vote should not be cast in any manner other than specified here. Sample
ballots or other materials to assist the voter in marking their ballot 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.
A voter who is a parent or guardian may be accompanied by the voter’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 advise or indicate a particular voting choice.

Assistance for Voting
A voter may select an individual to assist in casting their vote if the voter declares to the
presiding official that they are unable to read, have difficulty reading, writing, or understanding
English, or that due to disability are unable to cast their 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.

Where Optical Scan Voting is Used
The voter shall fill in the oval next to the name of the candidate of their choice for each office for
which they intend 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 their choice in the space provided for a write-in vote
and fill in the oval next to the write-in line. On referendum questions, the voter shall fill in the oval
next to “yes” if in favor of the question, or the voter shall fill in the oval next to “no” if opposed to
the question.

When using an Express Vote to mark an optical scan ballot, the voter shall touch the screen to
select 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 to select “yes” if in favor of the question, or the voter
shall touch the screen to select “no” if opposed to the question.

After Voting the Ballot
After an official optical scan ballot is marked, it shall be inserted in the security sleeve, so the
marks do not show. The voter may insert the ballot in the voting device and discard the sleeve
or deliver the ballot to an inspector for deposit. The voter shall leave the polling place promptly.
Spoiling Ballots

If a voter spoils an optical scan ballot, they 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 following is a sample of the official ballot:

Lisa Blechinger, Clerk
Spring Election Ballot with Type B list to follow.