Presidential Primary, Spring Election next Tuesday

Wisconsin’s Spring Election and Presidential Preference is set for next Tuesday, April 5th. The Spring Election is where voters will choose members for Village, School and County Boards along with members of the City Council. Also next Tuesday voters will be asked to choose a member of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, a Court of Appeals Judge and a Circuit Court Judge. Local Township boards are not up for election this year.

As for the Presidential Preference vote, three names appear on the ballot for the Democratic Party Primary and 12 names will be on the Republican ballot. Of those twelve, only three remain running, after falling in other states primaries. Those three are: Donald Trump, John R. Kasich and Ted Cruz. The candidates that dropped out of the race include: Marco Rubio, Ben Carson, Rand Paul, Mike Huckabee, Jim Gilmore, Chris Christie, Rick Saniorum, Carly Fiorina, and Jeb Bush.

Two of the three Democratic candidates are still in the running and they are Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. Gov. Martin O’Malley dropped out of the Democratic nomination process.

Wisconsin is the only state to hold a Presidential Primary on April 5, so all attention next week will be geared to our state and we may be the deciding factor on who will get their party’s nomination.

For a Justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, JoAnne F. Kloppenburg is facing Rebecca G. Bradley in next Tuesday’s election. Bradley is the incumbent having been appointed by Governor Walker last year. She replaced N. Patrick Crooks who passed away last year.

Members of the Supreme Court serve a ten-year term and only one justice is elected at each election.

Court of Appeals Judge and Circuit Court Judge, candidates are running unopposed. They are Thomas M. Hruz as Court of Appeals Judge and R. Michael Waterman as Circuit Court Judge.

School Boards

Voters in the Glenwood City School District will have four candidates to choose from for the three open seats on the seven-person school board. The candidates are: Lori Klinger, John Logghe, Tryn Gross and Charlotte Obermueller-Heimer. Heimer, Logghe and Klinger are the incumbents.

In the Boyceville School District, the two incumbents, Tim Sempf and Jeremy J. Mittlestadt are seeking to be returned to the board.

City Council

Only incumbents filed for re-election in Glenwood City. Here Mayor John Larson is seeking another term as Mayor and two of the three incumbent members of the City Council filed for re-election. They are Ken Peterson and Steven Lee. The other incumbent, Nancy Hover, did not file for re-election. City Hall has informed the Tribune Pete Gaustad has file as a write-in candidate for that open third seat on the City Council.

Other members of the City Council are: Crystal Booth, Ben DeGross and Terry Klinger. Their terms are up next year.

Village of Boyceville

In the Village of Boyceville, three of the six village board members are up for election this year. Two of the incumbents, Jonathan Farrell and Keith Sorensen are on the ballot for re-election. The other incumbent, Herb Dow is not seeking re-election. That seat could be filled by with a write-in candidate and if no one is selected as a write-in, Village President, Gib Krueger and the board will appoint someone to fill the seat until the next election.

Other members of the Village Board are: Ted Erickson, Bud Gilbertson and Mary Lagerstrom.

Village of Wilson

Here, one seat is open on the Village Board and Ann Peavey is the only candidate on the ballot for that seat.

Village of Knapp

The Village of Knapp has three open seats on the Village Board. Five people have filed for those seats. They are: Marcia Finder, Ramona Sobottka, Jeff Marshall, Mark Berg, and Georgene Close.

Village of Wheeler

Linda J. Crosby is seeking to be returned to a seat on the Village Board.

Village of Downing

Chad Lee is seeking another term on the Village Board and is the only name on the ballot.

St. Croix County Board

There are 19 members on the St. Croix County Board of Supervisors. Only two of those districts are located on the east side of the county. District number 17 includes the City of Glenwood City, the Towns of Glenwood, Forest, Emerald and Cylon and the Village of Deer Park. Here incumbent Judy Achterhof is seeking another term on the board.

In District number 19, William Peavey is running unopposed for that seat on the board. The district includes the Village of Wilson and Woodville and the Towns of Springfield, Cady and Eau Galle.

Dunn County Board

There are 29 members of the Dunn County Board with four of them being in our circulation area. Those districts are Number two which includes the Towns of New Haven and Sheridan and part of Tiffany. That representative is Dave Bartlett and he is running unopposed for another term on the board. He currently is vice chairman of the board.

District number three, includes parts of the Towns of Tiffany, Hay River, Otter Creek and the Village of Boyceville. That representative is Vaughn Hedlund and he is running unopposed in next Tuesday’s election.

Board Chairman, Steve Rasmussen, is the representative from district number four. That district includes part of the Towns of Hay River, Otter Creek, Tainter and the Village of Wheeler. He is unopposed in next Tuesday’s election.

District number eight includes the Town of Sherman and part of Tainter Township and Charles Maves is the representative and he is running unopposed.

The Village of Downing and Knapp and the Township of Stanton comprise district number nine and Thomas Quinn is the County Board Representative.

The County Board Representative from District number 10, Calvin Christianson is being opposed by Michael Rogers for that seat. That district includes the Townships of Lucas and parts of Weston and Menomonie and the Village of Knapp.

Complete election notice and sample ballots can be found within this issue of the Tribune Press Reporter for Dunn County. A special supplement for St. Croix County voters are included in the copies distributed within St. Croix County.

Voter ID

Wisconsin now requires photo IDs to vote. Listed are acceptable IDs for voting purposes and can be unexpired or expired after November 4, 2014:

• A Wisconsin DOT issued driver license, even if driving privileges are revoked or suspended.

• A Wisconsin DOT issued identification card.

• A Wisconsin DOT issued identification card or driver’s license without a photo issued under the religious exemption.

• A U.S. passport.

• An identification card issued by a federally recognized Indian tribe in Wisconsin. (May be used even if expired before the most recent general election.)

The following IDs are also accepted for voting purposes, but must be unexpired:

• A certificate of naturalization that was issued not earlier than two years before the date of an election which it is presented.

• A driving receipt issued by Wisconsin DOT (valid for 45 days).

• An identification card receipt issued by Wisconsin DOT (valid for 45 days).

• A photo identification card issued by a Wisconsin accredited university, college or technical college that contains date of issuance, signature of student, and an expiration date no later than two years after the date of issuance. The college ID must be accompanied by a separate document that proves enrollment.

• A citation or notice of intent to revoke or suspend a Wisconsin issued driver license that is dated within 60 days of the date of the election.

• A Veteran Health ID card.