Northside and Southwest Closed on Election Day

 From the City Administrator's office:

The Kenosha Municipal Office Building will be closed for all City Business on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, due to the National Election.  All three floors of the building will be utilized for counting of absentee ballots.  We will be utilizing the majority of city employees to assist in counting of the ballots. 

We will maintain a skeleton staff to answer phone calls.  As a reminder citizens are not allowed to vote or register to vote at the Municipal Building on election day.  They must register or vote at their polling place.  The citizens will be allowed to drop off absentee ballots at the drop boxes until 8 PM on election day.

From Barb:

We would normally be open on Election Day, but because of the pandemic, we are working with building capacity limits, and this election is likely to attract crowds. So we will be open normal hours at Simmons and Uptown but close the Northside and Southwest Library branches on November 3rd, with a skeleton crew to help answer phones for the election and to monitor the building  in support of the election workers. There will also be one or two people assigned to handle delivery and returns. Otherwise, if you are typically assigned to SW or NS, this is a great day for you to take paid time off. You may also help count ballots at the municipal building to earn your regular pay that day. If you choose to do that, please let your supervisor know as soon as possible so the city clerk's office knows what to expect and can contact you with reporting instructions. 

The city will be installing exterior ballot drop boxes at Southwest, Northside, and Uptown library locations. We are not expected or authorized to empty those boxes. 

I'll keep you posted on any new developments.