Elections | Village of Cleveland

NEXT ELECTIONS
Spring Primary – February 18, 2025,
Spring General Election – April 1, 2025

NOTICE OF SPRING ELECTION
VILLAGE OF CLEVELAND, WISCONSIN

NOTICE (pdf) IS HEREBY GIVEN that at an election to be held in the Village of Cleveland on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, the following offices are to be elected to succeed the present incumbents listed. The term of office is two years, and begins on Tuesday, April 15, 2025.

OFFICE and INCUMBENTS

Village President
Jake Holzwart

Village Trustee (3 seats)
John Ader
Jon Hoffman
Thomas Warosh

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the first day to circulate nomination papers is Sunday, December 1, 2024, and the final day for filing nomination papers is 5:00 PM on Tuesday, January 7, 2025, in the office of the Clerk-Treasurer at the Village Hall, 1150 W Washington Ave, Cleveland WI.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that if a primary is necessary, the primary will be held on Tuesday, February 18, 2025.

Summary of CANDIDATE FILINGS
as of 12/19/24 3:46pm

Village President Jake Holzwart is not running for re-election as Village President.
Village Trustee Jonathan Hoffman is not running for re-election as Village Trustee.

Village President
None

Village Trustee (Vote for 3)
Thomas Warosh (incumbent) – filed to run for Village Trustee and is circulating nomination papers.
John Ader (incumbent) – filed to run for Village Trustee and is circulating nomination papers.
Jake Holzwart – filed to run for Village Trustee and is circulating nomination papers.

Interested in appearing on the Spring Election ballot as a candidate for Village President or Village Trustee? The following materials are provided:

Local Candidate Registration Statement (fillable). File in the Clerk’s Office when the first funds or in-kind contributions are received or expended for your election OR with the first nomination paper, whichever is earlier. Due in the Clerk’s Office no later than 5:00 PM on Tuesday, January 7, 2025.

Declaration of Candidacy (fillable). File in the Clerk’s Office as soon as you have the intent to circulate nomination papers but no later than 5:00 PM on Tuesday, January 7, 2025.

Nomination Paper for Nonpartisan Office (fillable). File in the Clerk’s Office no later than 5:00 PM on Tuesday, January 7, 2025.

Memorandum regarding Felony Convictions dated September 13, 2019.

Note the following requirements for circulating nomination papers:

Signatures must be obtained from 20-100 eligible voters in the Village of Cleveland during the period December 1 through January 7. Any signatures dated prior to December 1 will not count toward your requirement. The deadline to obtain signatures will not be extended past 5:00pm on January 7.
No person may sign the papers for more than one candidate for Village President and three candidates for Village Trustee (the number of open seats).
Only persons eligible to vote in the Village of Cleveland may sign. Being eligible to vote means the signer will be 18 years of age or older on or before Election Day, a US citizen, and not on probation or parole for a felony. Being eligible does not mean the person must be a registered voter.
Street addresses must be used. A signature with a post office box will not count toward the requirement.
Every person collecting signatures for you must be at least 18 years of age and circulate a separate nomination paper.
Each nomination paper can be circulated by only one person.
A nomination paper cannot be left unattended or posted in the manner of a “sign-up” sheet.

Candidate Paperwork (all forms, not fillable)

REGISTER TO VOTE

Stop at the Clerk’s Office and register to vote if you have never voted in Wisconsin before, or have changed your name or address since the last time you voted. The Wisconsin Voter Registration Application form is below:

Fillable Form: Wisconsin Voter Registration Application

Printable Form: Wisconsin Voter Registration Application

Not sure if you are already registered? Go to MyVote and select the My Voter Info Tab. At the Search for My Voter Record section, enter your name and date of birth. You will be told if you are in the system and at which address. If all is correct, no need to register again!

Wisconsin requires Photo IDs to vote! For more information on acceptable form of photo ID please visit Bring it Wisconsin.

ABSENTEE VOTING NOTICE

Any qualified elector who is unable or unwilling to appear at the polling place on Election Day may request to vote an absentee ballot. A qualified elector is any U.S. citizen who will be 18 years of age or older on Election Day, and who has resided at the voting address for at least 28 consecutive days before the election. The elector must be registered and provide proof of identification* before an absentee ballot may be issued.

You must make a request for an absentee ballot in writing.

Contact the Clerk’s Office by mail, email, or fax and request an application for an absentee ballot, or submit a written request that includes your Cleveland street address; the address where the absentee ballot should be sent, a copy of your photo identification*; and your signature. (Email requests do not require a signature.) You can also submit the request through the My Vote Wisconsin website at https://myvote.wi.gov (the fastest process to send you the ballot). Unless you are indefinitely confined, a request may include all elections for the calendar year in which the request is submitted.

Application for Absentee Ballot
Application for Absentee Ballot (Fillable)

Making application to receive an absentee ballot by mail:

The deadline to apply for an absentee ballot by mail is 5pm, Thursday, October 31, 2024.

*Voters who are indefinitely confined due to age, illness, infirmity, or disability may not be required to provide photo ID. If this applies to you, contact the Clerk’s Office regarding deadlines for requesting an absentee ballot.

**Special absentee voting application provisions apply to electors who are indefinitely confined to home or a care facility, in the military, hospitalized, or serving as a sequestered juror. If this applies to you, contact the Clerk’s Office regarding deadlines for requesting an absentee ballot.

Voting an absentee ballot in person:

In-person absentee ballots cannot be issued earlier than 14 days prior to the date of election.

When ballots are available, you may vote an absentee ballot in person from October 22, 2024, through October 31, 2024, during business hours (10am to 12noon and 12:30pm to 4:00pm), or by calling 920-693-8181 to make an appointment. Voting will take place at the Cleveland Village Hall, 1150 W. Washington Ave., Cleveland. Absentee ballots cannot be taken from Village Hall to be voted and returned later.

No in-person absentee voting may occur on the day before an election.

Any ballots received after polls close on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, will not be counted.

ELECTION RESULTS

November 5, 2024, General Election and Referendum
870 Ballots Cast: 655 in-person; 215 by absentee ballot
88.3% Turnout of Registered Voters
For General Election results, click here: Vote Totals by Candidate

August 13, 2024, Partisan Office and Referendum
327 Ballots Cast: 295 in-person; 32 by absentee ballot
36.8% Turnout of Registered Voters
For local Partisan Office and Referendum results, click here: Vote Totals by Candidate

April 2, 2024, Spring Election and Presidential Preference Vote
389 Ballots Cast: 337 in-person; 52 by absentee ballot
44.1% Turnout of Registered Voters
For local Spring Election results, click here: Vote Totals by Candidate

April 4, 2023, Spring Election
495 Ballots Cast: 443 in-person; 52 by absentee ballot
54.4% Turnout of Registered Voters
For local Spring Election results, click here: Vote Totals by Candidate

February 21, 2023, Spring Primary
231 Ballots Cast: 207 in-person; 24 by absentee ballot
25.7% Turnout of Registered Voters
For local Spring Primary results, click here: Vote Totals by Candidate