Election Day is Two Weeks Away
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| The Primary Election is two weeks away on Tuesday, August 11, 2026. Polls are open from 7 am until 8 pm.
On Election Day. Remember to bring an acceptable photo ID to the polling place. If you need to register at the polls, you should also bring along proof of residence. Learn more about what to expect at the polls on election day from the Wisconsin Elections Commission.
Additionally, since this is a partisan primary election, on your ballot you must select one political party and then only vote for candidates within that party. If you vote for candidates from more than one party your votes will not count.
Registering to Vote. Voters may register in-person in their municipal clerk’s office during the clerk’s business hours until 5 pm on Friday, August 7, 2026. Voters can also register to vote at their polling place on Election Day, Tuesday, August 11, 2026. The deadline to register online has passed.
Voting Absentee. A request for an absentee ballot must be received by your municipal clerk no later than 5 pm on August 6, 2026. Absentee ballots must be received by your municipal clerk no later than 8 pm on Election Day, August 11, 2026.
To learn more, visit myvote.wi.gov to:
- check your registration
- find your polling place
- find your municipal clerk’s office
- see what’s on your ballot
- request an absentee ballot
- and more.
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Our Call as Catholic Citizens
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| The Wisconsin Catholic Conference has prepared resources to help Catholics reflect on what it means to be a faithful citizen in public policy and voting issues. Faithful Citizenship is a call to action to become involved with legislative policy and to exercise the right to vote, so as to protect human life, uphold human dignity, and promote the common good. The WCC resources are based on the U.S. bishops’ statement, Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship: A Call to Political Responsibility from the Catholic Bishops of the United States.
Catholic Social Teaching helps to discern which public policies and politicians best embody a respect for human dignity and the common good. This is especially important at election time. As the U.S. bishops wrote, “On these often complex matters, it is the laity’s responsibility to form their consciences and grow in the virtue of prudence to approach the many and varied issues of the day with the mind of Christ.”
To form our consciences, the following questions can help Catholics discern who best embodies the principles of Catholic Social Teaching.
Where does a candidate stand on:
- protecting human life from conception to natural death?
- preserving the state ban on abortion, assisted suicide, euthanasia, and the death penalty?
- upholding the innate equality, dignity, and complementarity of male and female?
- protecting marriage as the lifelong union of one man and one woman?
- respecting the family and parents as the primary educators of their children?
- providing resources to vulnerable women and children?
- protecting religious freedom at home and abroad?
- eliminating violence, whether by guns, war, terrorism, torture, abuse, or trafficking?
- assuring basic support for people living in poverty, domestically and internationally?
- treating all migrants and refugees with dignity and respect?
- eliminating racism?
- increasing access to housing, healthcare, and education?
- upholding the dignity of work and the rights of workers?
- preserving our environment and natural resources?
- and all that promotes human dignity and the common good?
Catholic Social Teaching does not neatly fit into party platforms. Rather, it reflects ethical principles that can unite all people. As faithful Catholics and American citizens, we are all called to participate in public life with the mind of Christ. |
Share These Resources
Find more resources from the Wisconsin Catholic Conference, including a letter from Wisconsin’s bishops, bulletin inserts, and a website with even more information, including resources in Spanish. Parishes are invited to share the resources in bulletins and digital communications.
Please share this information with your family and friends and learn more at wisconsincatholic.org/fc. |
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“This vision for the human person is rooted in natural law, the moral order that God has written on the human heart, whose deeper truths are illuminated by the Gospel of Christ…. [I urge you] to continue to work for a world where power is tamed by conscience, and law is at the service of human dignity.”
– Pope Leo XIV
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