City clerk to run mock UW election Nov. 15
The Madison City Clerk’s Office and Associated Students of Madison will simulate an election on Tuesday, Nov. 15, to register student voters and determine how the recent changes in state elections law will affect voting on campus.
The mock election will take place in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Students will vote on their favorite Babcock Hall ice cream flavor and favorite marching band song.
Although the election is pretend, the voter registrations will be real.
Election officials will keep track of what students say they would have used as proof of address if it had been a real Election Day. Voters are no longer able to use a corroborating witness as proof of address when registering on Election Day or within 20 days of an election. No proof of address will be required on Tuesday.
Election officials will also keep track of what students present as photo ID. UW–Madison is in the final stages of developing its plans for making a student ID available for students to use in real elections in 2012.
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