Local and state elections, presidential primary on April 5 ballot

By LeAnn R. Ralph

COLFAX  —  Local and state elections and the presidential primary will be on the ballot for the April 5 spring election.

On the local level, voters will be electing candidates for the Colfax Village Board, Colfax Board of Education, Elk Mound Village Board and Elk Mound Board of Education.

Voters also will be electing candidates for the Dunn County Board, for District 3 Court of Appeals Judge and a state Supreme Court justice.

For the presidential primary, Republican voters will have 13 choices while Democratic voters will have four choices.

Colfax Village Board

Three candidates will be on the ballot for three positions on the Colfax Village Board: Incumbents Carey K. Davis and Mark S. Halpin will be joined by newcomer Casey Rihn.

Village Trustee Jeremy Klukas decided not to run for re-election.

Colfax Board of Education 

Two candidates will be on the ballot for two positions on the Colfax Board of Education: Incumbent  Todd A. Kragness and Andrew J. DeMoe.

School board president Joel Hilson decided not to run for another term on the school board.

Elk Mound Village Board

Three candidates will be on the ballot for three positions on the Elk Mound Village Board: Incumbent Anthony Schrantz will be on the ballot along with newcomers Rebecca Livingston and Greg Kipp.

Incumbent village trustees Chad Mousel and Travis Wenzel filed notification of non-candidacy.

Elk Mound school board

Two incumbents will be on the ballot for two positions on the Elk Mound Board of Education.

Incumbent school board members Loren Hanson and Kyle Jenson both filed nomination papers.

Dunn County Board

Four incumbent Dunn County Board supervisors filed non-candidacy papers for the Dunn County board  while four of the remaining 29 positions on the county board will have two candidates.

Catherine N. (Kitz) Cleary of Colfax, supervisor for District 6, decided not to run for re-election, and

Jim Zons of Colfax will be on the ballot for District 6.

Jill Noreen of Menomonie, supervisor for District 12, filed notification of non-candidacy, and

Michael Kneer of Menomonie declared his candidacy for the District 12 position.

Robert G. Walter of Menomonie, supervisor for District 21, decided not to run, and Diane L. Morehouse of Menomonie will be on the ballot for District 21.

Todd D. Welch of Menomonie, supervisor for District 14, filed notification of non-candidacy, and Teresa Lyall of Menomonie will be on the ballot for District 14.

Dunn County Board supervisory District 1 will have two candidates on the ballot: Incumbent Carol M. Anderson of Sand Creek will face challenger Brian Johnson of Colfax.

Dunn County Board supervisory District 10 will have two candidates on the ballot: Incumbent Calvin Christianson of Menomonie will face challenger Michael P. Rogers of Menomonie.

Dunn County Board supervisory District 22 will have two candidates: Incumbent Sarah Kennedy of Menomonie and Matthew E. Kasfeldt of Menomonie.

Dunn County Board supervisory District 26 became vacant upon the death of incumbent David Schaefer of Menomonie, age 44, on November 30.

Two candidates will be on the ballot for District 26: Lloyd Harnish of Menomonie and Larry R. Bjork of Menomonie.

The remaining supervisory districts for the Dunn County Board will have only the incumbent on the ballot.

Judicial

Only one candidate is on the ballot for the District 3 Court of Appeals Judge: Thomas M. Hruz.

Two candidates are on the ballot for state Supreme Court justice: Incumbent Rebecca C. Bradley will face challenger JoAnne F. Kloppenburg.

Presidential primary

Voters will be asked to select a party, either Republican or Democratic, and will then be asked to make their choice for the presidential primary in their chosen party.

In the Republican primary, the following candidates will be on the ballot although some of them have already officially suspended their campaigns for President of the United States: Marco Rubio; Ben Carson; Rand Paul; Mike Huckabee; Jim Gilmore; Chris Christie; Donald J. Trump; Rick Santorum; Carly Fiorina; John R. Kasich; Jeb Bush; Ted Cruz.

Voters also will have the choice of “uninstructed delegation.”

In the Democratic primary, the following candidates will be on the ballot: Hillary Clinton; Martin O’Malley; Bernie Sanders; as well as the choice of uninstructed delegation.

Voter ID

Wisconsin’s voter identification law will be in effect for the April 5 election.

From the Government Accountability Board’s website, here are the acceptable forms of ID that you can bring to the polls in order to vote in Wisconsin:

• No voter ID card exists in Wisconsin, but there are many forms of photo ID that you may already have that can be used to vote.

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

• A Wisconsin DOT issued identification card.

• Military ID issued by the U.S. Uniformed Services.

• A U.S. Passport book or card.

• A certificate of naturalization issued not earlier than two years prior to the election.

• An identification card issued by a federally-recognized Indian tribe in Wisconsin.

• A driver’s license receipt issued by the Wisconsin DOT valid for 45 days from the date issued.

• An identification card receipt issued by the Wisconsin DOT valid for 45 days from the date issued.

• A photo ID issued by a Wisconsin accredited university, college or technical school that contains the date the card was issued, signature of the student, expiration date no later than two years after date of issuance. The university or college ID must be accompanied by a separate document that proves enrollment, such as a tuition fee receipt, enrollment verification letter or a class schedule.

• NEW acceptable form of ID is a veteran’s photo identification card issued by the Veterans Health Administration of the Federal Department of Veterans Affairs.

The following cannot be used for voter ID:

• State or federal government employee’s ID.

• An out-of-state driver’s license or identification card.

• An employment ID issued by an employer.

• A membership or organization ID.

• A certificate of citizenship.

For more detailed voter ID information from the Government Accountability Board, visit: www.gab.wi.gov/node/3627 or www.bringit.wisconsin.gov.