State Superintendent of Public Instruction

Grassroots North Shore is pleased to endorse Dr. Jill Underly for State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Dr. Underly has worked across many levels of education, as a high school and middle school social studies teacher, a University of Wisconsin College of Letters & Science academic advisor, 5 years as a Title I Consultant and assistant manager at the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, an elementary principal and Director of Instruction, and most recently, as the Superintendent of the Pecatonica School District. Grassroots North Shore endorses her for Superintendent of Public Instruction for her breadth of experience, and for her opposition to the funding of private schools with public money, which diverts much-needed resources from already-underfunded public school systems.

Milwaukee County Circuit Court, Branch 3

Grassroots North Shore endorses Katie Kegel for Branch 3 of the Milwaukee County Circuit Court for her fierce defense of all those who come to her for help and her fresh approach to sentencing. Ms. Kegel's advocacy for sentencing innovation such as deferred prosecutions, restorative justice, treatment courts, and other alternatives that avoid destroying people even before they can come before the court, reflect the goals of Grassroots North Shore for a fairer, more supportive justice system.

This section of the Elections 2021 site includes information about the candidates in each of these categories. In many cases, the races are uncontested and may therefore not be included on the ballots for the primaries on February 16. Wherever possible, there will be links to online information provided by the candidates' campaigns.

• Candidates for Superintendent of Public Instruction
  
  
• Milwaukee County Municipal Candidates
  
  
• Milwaukee County Judicial Candidates
  
  
• Ozaukee County Municipal Candidates
  
  
• Ozaukee County Judicial Candidates
  
  
• School Board Candidates
  
  

Where to Drop Off Your Ballot

Early Voting Information*

If you have a Wisconsin Driver License, you can register online before the April election until March 25, 2021. You can also register at the polls, whether you use in-person absentee processes or you go to the polls on election day. Information about what documents you need to register and what you need to vote are available here. You can check and update your registration, find your polling place, see a sample ballot for your location, and request an absentee ballot at myvote.wi.gov. We urge you to do so well ahead of election day!

To request an absentee ballot for the February 16 primary, you should allow at plenty of time to receive and return your ballot — so make your request by February 2 if you plan to put your completed ballot in the mail. If you plan to use a drop box to return your ballot, the deadline for making an absentee ballot request is about February 8. In any case, absentee ballots must be received at the municipality by the time the polls close on election day (February 16 for the primary, April 6 for the general election).

Be sure to fill out your absentee ballot correctly. See a quick video showing you how.

* Early voting (aka in-person absentee voting) takes place for no more than two weeks prior to the week of the election, ending on the Friday before election day. For spring 2021 elections, the period during which voters can use the in-person absentee process can vary by municipality. This page will provide whatever information about early voting in each community as the information becomes available.

* In this uncertain time, we are encouraging everyone to request an absentee ballot and to return it via a drop box supplied by each municipality. Dropping off your vote is both safe and secure. 

The days, dates and times in the chart below provide information for early in-person voting for the April 6  election.