Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
By PAMELA JANSSON
Iron County — Local citizens may vote in the Tuesday general election from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. in their designated precinct locations.
Options also exist for absentee and early voting, with details available from each voter’s county, city or town clerk.
According to Iron County Clerk Christan Brandt, all voters will receive the same ballot, which will include options to vote for the president/vice president, U.S. senator, U.S. Congressional District 7 and Wisconsin House District 74.
According to the ballot, “When voting for president and vice president, you have one of two choices: 1. Vote for candidates on one ticket, or 2. Write in names of persons on both write-in lines.”
The ballot warns, “A write-in vote for only a vice-presidential candidate will not be counted.”
In other words, you can choose to vote for Kamala D. Harris/Tim Walz (democratic and hereon referred to as D) or Donald J. Trump/J.D. Vance (republican and hereon referred to as R) or other pairs of six additional parties.
U.S. Senator choices include Tammy Baldwin (D), Eric Hovde (R), Phil Anderson (Disrupt the Corruption party) or Thomas Leager (America First party).
U.S. House District 7 candidates include Kyle Kilbourne D) or Tom Tiffany (R).
State House District 74 candidates include Jeanne Rand Bruce (D) or Chanz Green (R).
Local candidates are uncontested except for the option to opt for write-in candidates.
On the ballot for county clerk is Brandt as a republican. Other local candidates are republican Matthew Tingstad for district attorney, democrat Clara Maki for treasurer, and republican Brancy Rowe for register of deeds.
Voters also may vote for one referendum which asks voters to choose yes or no in relation to the following question: “Shall section 1 of article III of the constitution, which deals with suffrage, be amended to provide that only a United States citizen age 18 or older who resides in an election district may vote in an election for national, state or local office or at a statewide or local referendum?”
Ballot directions also note that, for persons voting on election day, the ballot must be initialed by two election inspectors. Absentee voter ballots must be initialed “by the municipal clerk or deputy clerk.”