Public Test Of Election Equipment On March 30th

There will be a public test of the election equipment used at the April 2nd election.  The test will be conducted at 9am and should conclude by 10am.   The public is invited to this test.  The test will be held a the Harmony Town Hall located at 440 N US Hwy 14, Janesville WI 53546.

Thank You

Tim Tollefson

Clerk


April 2nd Spring Election and Presidential Preference

There will be an Election on April 2nd, 2024.  Below are sample ballots to review.  

For this ballot you may vote in EITHER the Democrat Party or the Republican Party but not both.  

The Remainder of the ballot you may vote for each race.  See the directions on the ballot.

On Election Day voting will be open from 7am to 8pm at the Town of Harmony Town Hall, located at 440 N U.S. Hwy 14, Janesville WI. 53546

Absentee ballots will be mailed on March 12th so please watch your mailboxes

In-person absentee voting will start on Tuesday March 19th.

The first week of in-person voting will be Tueaday March 19th through Friday March 22nd from 1pm to 5pm.  The second week will be Tuesday March 26th, Wednesday March 27th and Friday March 29th from 1pm to 5pm.

Town of Harmony Wards 1 & 2 Milton School District Click Here 

Town of Harmony Ward 3 Milton School District Click Here 

Town of Harmony Ward 3 Janesville School District Click Here 


Absentee Voting for 2024 and In Person Absentee Voting

For those that will be voting absentee in 2024, i wanted everyone to see the new instructions and the new absentee envelopes.  Below are examples of the new forms.  Please pay attention to the instructions.  It is very important to follow these directions to ensure your vote counts and the instructions are simple.  

In Person Absentee Voting

Here are the hours for in person Absentee Voting at the town hall 440 N U.S. Hwy 14, Janesville.

Tuesday March 19 through Friday March 22nd 1pm to 5pm

Tuesday March 26th through Wednesday March 27th and Friday March 29th   1pm to 5pm

2024 Absentee Instructions Click Here

The new absentee envelopes explain the procedures much better.  See below for a sample.  

Step 1 will be filled out with a label from the Clerk

Step 2 the voter must sign next to the X.  If the voter had assitance in voting their ballot the Assistant must sign their name at the bottom of Step 2.

Step 3.  This section is for the person who witnessed you voting this ballot.  They need to sign their name, Print their name and place their address in the lowest box.  This is the step that some people forget.  Please, before you put the envelope in the mail, check to make sure Step 2 and Step 3 are completed.

Absentee Ballot Return Envelope Click Here 

I want to make sure your ballot gets counted.  

Thanks

Tim Tollefson, Clerk


April Election and Clerk Position

At the April 2nd Election there will be a referendum asking the voters of The Town of Harmony if the board can appoint the person holding the clerks position instead of having that postion as an elected position.  The referendum will read…

“Shall the person holding the office of Town Clerk in the Town of Harmony be appointed by the Town Board”

Most of the towns in Rock County have the Clerk and Treasurers postions as appointed instead of elected.  If either of these positions are elected, the person filling those seats must be a resident of the Town of Harmony.  If the postion is appointed, the board has the discretion to hire the best candidate for that position no matter where they live.

I will not be in this postion forever and my postion will need to be filled.  When I applied for this postion, I was the only one interested in being clerk.  The clerk postions throuh out the state are becoming harder to fill.  In many cases a clerks may be covering several surrounding towns.  With the pressures of elections and that state and federal government demanding more and more reports be completed, the clerk postions in the towns have become hard to fill from the pool of current residents.  There is such a need state wide that the state legislature is looking at just allowing towns and villiages to change the Clerk and Treasurer postions without a referendum, but for now it must be by referendum.  

I would encourage the residents of the town to vote to allow the board to fill the Clerks postion by appointment.  It will make any transition much easier for an incoming clerk and more seamless for the residents.

Thanks

Tim Tollefson

Clerk


Roads are open to ATV/UTV traffic

After a long wait, the Town roads are open to ATV/UTV travel.  Begining routes will be sigened and will have end signs where the roads  go to into another town or city.  Townline Road is NOT open to ATV/UTV travel.  Townline Road is mutually controlled by the Town of Harmony and the Town of Milton.  At this point the Town of Milton has not approved ATV/UTV use on their roads.  I have attached below the Ordinance for The Town of Harmony.  Become familar with this ordiance.  County Roads at this point are NOT open for ATV/UTV travel though you may cross these County Roads to continue on the trail.  Tarrant Road is open from Bingham Rd to County Road A.  South of A is controlled by the Town of Johnstown and they do not have an ordinance allowing for ATV/UTV travel.  Please read through the Ordinance.

Town of Harmony ATV/UTV Ordinance Click Here 


2024 Dog License

Below is the application for the 2024 Dog License.  All dogs in Rock County must be licensed.  Should your dog get out, it will be much easier to reunite you.

Below is the 2024 Dog License applilcation.  New license will ship out about December 1st.  

By the way, that’s my baby Sadie.

Thanks

Tim Tollefson, Clerk

 

2024 Dog License Application Form Click Here