  {"id":42,"date":"2020-11-13T11:51:53","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T17:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/vote\/?page_id=42"},"modified":"2026-04-16T12:57:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T17:57:14","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Voter Information"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"uwm-p-banner\"><div class=\"uwm-p-banner--single\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/vote\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/784\/2025\/12\/Student-Voter.jpg\" alt=\"A student voter holding up an I Voted sticker after successfully voting in a polling place.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1500\" height=\"400\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"uwm-u-py-80\"><div class=\"uwm-l-container--base uwm-l-container--overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\"><header class=\"page-header\"><h1 class=\"entry-title heading-separator\">Student Voter Information<\/h1><\/header>\n\n\n<p>Voting is one of the most important ways you can affect the future of our country \u2013 and your future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Are you registered to vote? In Wisconsin, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/myvote.wi.gov\/en-us\/Register-To-Vote\">register to vote&nbsp;online<\/a>&nbsp;once you have lived at your current address for at least 28 days. Make sure to update your voter registration every time you move so you\u2019re always ready for the next election!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col uwm-l-col--4 uwm-l-offset--1\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-buttons--full\">\n<a class=\"uwm-c-button uwm-c-button--full uwm-u-mb-20\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/vote\/register-to-vote\/\" rel=\"\">Register to Vote<\/a>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"uwm-c-button uwm-c-button--full uwm-u-mb-20\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/vote\/find-my-polling-place\/\" rel=\"\">Find My Polling Place<\/a>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"uwm-c-button uwm-c-button--full uwm-u-mb-20\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/vote\/see-whats-on-my-ballot\/\" rel=\"\">See What&#8217;s On My Ballot<\/a>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"uwm-c-button uwm-c-button--full uwm-u-mb-20\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/vote\/vote\/\" rel=\"\">Vote<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"uwm-bg-white uwm-u-py-0\"><div class=\"uwm-l-container--narrow uwm-l-container--overflow-hidden\"><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"uwm-bg-gray uwm-u-py-80\"><div class=\"uwm-l-container--base uwm-l-container--overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card-grid uwm-l-grid uwm-l-grid--equal-y uwm-l-grid--3\">\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-p-card--gold uwm-u-mb-40\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--body\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading size-h3\" id=\"h-upcoming-elections\">Upcoming Elections<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"uwm-c-table \"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Election Type<\/th><th>Dates by Year (2026\u20132030)<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Spring Primary<\/strong><\/td><td>02\/17\/26, 02\/16\/27, 02\/15\/28, 02\/20\/29, 02\/19\/30<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Spring Election<\/strong><\/td><td>04\/07\/26, 04\/06\/27, 04\/04\/28, 04\/03\/29, 04\/02\/30<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Partisan Primary<\/strong><\/td><td>08\/11\/26, 08\/08\/28, 08\/13\/30<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>General Election<\/strong><\/td><td>11\/03\/26, 11\/07\/28, 11\/05\/30<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-p-card--gold uwm-u-mb-40\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--body\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading size-h3\">What Each Election Is For<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>General Election<\/strong>: Held on even-numbered years, on the Tuesday after the 1st Monday in November, to elect U.S. senators and representatives, presidential electors (when applicable), state legislators, district attorneys, state officers other than Superintendent and judicial officers, and county officers other than supervisors and county executives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Spring Primary<\/strong>: Nonpartisan primary held on the 3rd Tuesday in February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Spring Election<\/strong>: Held on the 1st Tuesday in April. Used to elect judicial, educational and municipal officers; nonpartisan county officers and sewerage commissioners; and to express preferences for presidential candidates in presidential-elector years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Partisan Primary<\/strong>: Held on even-numbered years (2nd Tuesday in August) to nominate candidates for partisan offices to be voted on at the general election.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-p-card--gold uwm-u-mb-40\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--body\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading size-h3\" id=\"h-resources\">Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list uwm-c-list--link-arrow\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/myvote.wi.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wisconsin \u2013 MyVote WI<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/elections.wi.gov\/voters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WI Voter Information Center<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/studentvote.org\/wisconsin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WI Student Vote<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usa.gov\/voting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">USA.gov \u2013 Voting<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ballotready.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BallotReady Voter Guides<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/allintovote.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ALL IN to Vote \u2013 Campus Democracy Challenge<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockthevote.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rock the Vote<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"uwm-u-py-80\"><div class=\"uwm-l-container--base uwm-l-container--overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center heading-separator\" id=\"h-upcoming-uwm-voting-events\">Upcoming 51ÁÔÆæ Voting Events<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<!-- Tag for Voting related items: vote -->\n\n\n<p>There are no upcoming events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list uwm-c-list--link-arrow\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentaffairs\/tag\/vote\/\"><strong>All events<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"uwm-bg-gray-dark uwm-u-py-80\"><div class=\"uwm-l-container--narrow uwm-l-container--overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-why-uwm-votes\">Why 51ÁÔÆæ Votes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"This Is Why I Vote (51ÁÔÆæ Edition)\" width=\"1400\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wdaMrQb4QqA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"class_list":["post-42","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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