The 2024 election will be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. Offices up for election range from the president and vice president of the United States to local and municipal elections. Here's what you need to know to get ready to vote in the 2024 election.

Wisconsin requires voters to show a photo ID when voting on Election Day or while casting an in-person absentee ballot at a clerk’s office. Those voting absentee must provide a photocopy of their ID to vote absentee by mail.

Accepted forms of ID are a Wisconsin Department of Transportation-issued driver’s license, even if driving privileges are revoked or suspended; a Wisconsin DOT-issued ID card; a military ID card issued by a U.S. uniformed service; a U.S. passport; an identification card issued by a federally recognized Indiana tribe in Wisconsin, which can be used even if it expired before the most recent general election; and a photo ID issued by an accredited Wisconsin university or college that has an issued date, student signature and an expiration date no more than two years after the issued date.

Wisconsin also accepts veterans photo ID cards issued by the Veterans Health Administration, certificate of naturalization not older than two years before the date of the election in which it is used, a driving receipt issued by the Wisconsin DOT and an identification card receipt issued by the Wisconsin DOT, but those forms of ID must be unexpired.

If you do not have a Wisconsin driver’s license, you can get a free state ID card from the DMV in order to vote.

If you are voting absentee in Wisconsin, you must have a witness who can verify you filled out your ballot. That witness should be an adult U.S. citizen who is not a candidate in an upcoming election.

Once you’ve filled out your ballot, you will place it in the certificate envelope, seal and sign it, and then have your witness add their address and signature too.

Mail-in ballots can be returned by mail, dropped off at your clerk’s office for absentee in-person voting, or taken to your assigned polling place or absentee counting location on Election Day. If you opt for absentee in-person voting, check your local clerk’s office to see if they require an appointment, or if there are other in-person absentee locations like local libraries. You can also search for this information on the MyVote Wisconsin website.