Rock County voters reminded August 9th is a Partisan Primary

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Those planning to vote absentee in next month’s primary election have deadlines to meet. Voters have two absentee options: voting by mail or voting in person at their local municipal clerk’s office. Voting by mail has started and continues through Aug. 4, according to a news release from Rock County Clerk Lisa Tollefson. Tollefson urges voters to request their absentee ballots early. Ballots can be printed from the state’s website, myvote.wi.gov. The completed ballots, along with a copy of a photo ID, should be sent to the clerk of the city, town or village where the voter lives. For all voting on Aug. 9, voters can participate in only one party’s primary. Absentee ballots with choices marked in more than one party will not be counted, Tollefson said. Voters who vote on election day, however, have a chance to correct their ballots. The counting machines will reject ballots made out incorrectly, and voters get two chances to correct their mistakes. As a safety measure, the ballot contains a box where the voter can indicate a party preference. Then, no matter how they mark the rest of the ballot, only the votes in that party will be counted. In-person absentee voting runs from Monday, July 25, through Friday, Aug. 5. The Aug. 9 Democratic primary in Rock County features contests for county treasurer, county clerk and register of deeds as well as a decision for some residents about whether Clinton Anderson of Beloit or Don Prestia of Janesville gets the nod in the 31s Assembly District. Those voting on the Democratic side also will decide whether Tom Breu of Janesville or Ryan Solen of Mount Pleasant can continue running for Congress in the 1st District. The Republican primary features a David-Goliath contest Paul Nehlen of the town of Delavan trying to unseat Ryan, of Janesville, in the 1st Congressional District.  (Story by Frank Schultz)