Former President Obama to campaign in Madison on Tuesday, the first day of early voting

Former President Barack Obama is hitting the campaign trail in Wisconsin next week.

Obama will be in Madison for a rally on Tuesday, the state's first day of in-person early voting.

He's set to appear with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and "Democrats up and down, the ballot," to urge people to vote early for Vice President Kamala Harris, the campaign said.

The former president headlined a Harris campaign rally last week in Pennsylvania, where he stressed that the race is about character and values as much as policy differences. During his visit to the swing state, he specifically urged Black men to support Harris, saying they were "coming up with all kinds of reasons and excuses" not to vote for her.

Harris will also be in Wisconsin on Thursday for campaign events in Milwaukee, La Crosse and Green Bay.

Harris' rival, former President Donald Trump, did four campaign events in a recent nine-day span in Wisconsin.

In-person absentee voting, also known as early voting, starts in Wisconsin Tuesday. Under state law, communities can hold early voting between Oct. 22 and Nov. 3, but it's up to each local government to set dates, times and locations.

Early voting involves going to a designated location, such as a library or municipal building, to cast an absentee ballot in person. It's a different process than mail-in absentee voting, where a voter requests and receives an absentee ballot in the mail.

(This story has been updated to add new information.)

This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Barack Obama to campaign for Kamala Harris in Wisconsin next week