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Wisconsin elections, 2020
- Election date: Nov. 3
- Registration deadline(s): Oct. 14 (mail and online); Oct. 30 (in person)
- Online registration: Yes
- Same-day registration: Yes
- Recount laws
- Early voting starts: Varies locally
- Absentee/mail voting deadline(s): Nov. 3 (received)
- Processing, counting, and challenging absentee/mail-in ballots
- Voter ID: Photo ID
- Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Offices on the ballot
Below is a list of 2020 Wisconsin elections covered by Ballotpedia. Follow the links to learn more about each type.
| President of the United States | ✓ |
| U.S. Senate | — |
| U.S. House | ✓ |
| Congress special election | ✓ |
| Governor | — |
| Other state executive | — |
| State Senate | ✓ |
| State Assembly | ✓ |
| Special state legislative | — |
| State Supreme Court | ✓ |
| Intermediate appellate courts | ✓ |
| Local judges | ✓ |
| School boards | ✓ |
| Municipal government | ✓ |
| Recalls | ✓ |
| Ballot measures | ✓ |
| Local ballot measures | ✓ |
Legend: ✓ election(s) / — no elections
Subject to Ballotpedia's scope
Featured elections
The following Wisconsin elections were identified as featured elections based on electoral history, competitive polling, campaign finance data, or significant involvement from noteworthy individuals or organizations. The list also includes primary elections that featured conflict between different factions within the political party.
Federal elections
Primary elections
General elections
There were no featured U.S. Senate general elections in Wisconsin in 2020. There were no featured U.S. House general elections in Wisconsin in 2020.
State elections
Primary elections
There were no featured state-level primary elections in Wisconsin in 2020.
General elections
There were no featured state-level general elections in Wisconsin in 2020.
Local elections
There were no featured local elections in Wisconsin in 2020.
Election dates
Statewide election dates in Wisconsin are listed below. For more dates, please see the elections calendar.
Statewide election dates
February 18, 2020: Judicial primary
April 7, 2020: Presidential Primary[1]
April 7, 2020: Judicial general election[1]
August 11, 2020: Primary
November 3, 2020: General election
April 4, 2020: Democratic Presidential Caucus
Polling hours: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Local election dates
Ballotpedia provides comprehensive ballot coverage of municipal elections in the nation's 100 largest cities by population, including races for trial court judgeships and county offices that overlap them. Ballotpedia also covers the nation's 200 largest public school districts by student enrollment and all school districts overlapping the top 100 cities by population.
Historical Wisconsin elections
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- Wisconsin elections, 2019
- Wisconsin elections, 2018
- Wisconsin elections, 2017
- Wisconsin elections, 2016
- Wisconsin elections, 2015
- Wisconsin elections, 2014
- Wisconsin elections, 2013
- Wisconsin elections, 2012
Footnotes:
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 On April 2, 2020, Judge William M. Conley, of the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, issued an order extending absentee voting deadlines in Wisconsin's April 7, 2020, election. Under Conley's order, the absentee ballot request deadline was extended to 5:00 p.m. April 3, 2020. The ballot return deadline was extended to 4:00 p.m. April 13, 2020. The primary date itself was unchanged.
