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Voting and Election Information

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NOTICE
VOTING BY ABSENTEE BALLOT,

Any qualified elector who is unable or unwilling to appear at the polling place on Election Day may request to vote by absentee ballot.

A qualified elector is a U.S. citizen who will be 18 years of age or older on Election Day, is not serving a sentence for a felony conviction, and has resided in the ward or municipality where he or she wishes to vote for at least 28 consecutive days before the election. The elector must also be registered to vote in order to receive an absentee ballot.

Requesting an Absentee Ballot by Mail

You must make a written request for an absentee ballot. You may apply for an absentee ballot by mail, email, fax, or online at MyVote.wi.gov. You may also contact the municipal clerk to request that an absentee ballot application be sent to you.

A written request may also be submitted in the form of a letter mailed or emailed to the municipal clerk. The request must include:

  • Your voting address within the municipality;
  • The address where the absentee ballot should be sent, if different from your voting address; and
  • A copy of your acceptable Photo ID, if required.

Proof of Identification must be provided before an absentee ballot may be issued. If you have not previously provided the required Photo ID for an absentee ballot request, please include a copy with your application.

Please include contact information with your request in case there is an issue with your application.

Deadline to Request a Mailed Absentee Ballot

The deadline for making an application to receive an absentee ballot by mail is 5:00 p.m. on the fifth day before the election. For the November 2026 election, the deadline is Thursday, October 29, 2026.

Special absentee voting provisions apply to electors who are indefinitely confined to their home or a care facility, military and overseas voters, hospitalized electors, and sequestered jurors. If any of these circumstances apply to you, please contact the municipal clerk regarding applicable deadlines and procedures.

In-Person Absentee Voting (Early Voting)

You may also request and vote an absentee ballot in person at the Town Clerk's Office, N9330 Stewart School Road, during the specified absentee voting hours. The first day to vote by in-person absentee ballot at the Clerk's Office for the Novemember 2026 election is Tuesday, October 20, 2026.

The last day to vote by in-person absentee ballot in the Clerk's Office for the Novemember 2026 election is Friday, October 30, 2026.

No in-person absentee voting will be conducted on Monday, November 2, 2026, the day before the election.

Please check the Town's posted absentee voting hours for specific dates and times.

Caitlin Owens, Town Clerk
Town of East Troy
Phone: (262) 642-5386
Email: tetclerk@townofeasttroywi.gov

 

In-Person Absentee Procedure

  1. You are welcome to use your own blue or black pen to fill out your absentee envelope.
  2. The absentee clerk will need to check your voter ID.
  3. You may go into the meeting room to fill out your ballot.
  4. After reviewing your ballot, you will fold it and seal it in the absentee envelope.
  5. Verify your information on the absentee certificate envelope.
  6. You will sign your envelope in the presence of the absentee clerk. The absentee clerk will serve as your witness.
  7. Your absentee ballot will remain sealed in its envelope and secured in the Clerk’s Office until it is delivered to your polling workers to be processed on Election Day.
  8. On Election Day, the poll workers at your polling place will check your envelope into the Badger Book and will feed your ballot into the tabulator to be counted.

The municipal clerk will deliver voted ballots returned on or before Election Day to the proper polling place or counting location before the polls close (8pm) on November 3, 2026 at 8pm.  Any ballots received after the polls close on Election Day will not be counted.

TYPE E NOTICE | Rev 2018-07 | WI Elections Commission  
PO Box 7984 
Madison WI 53707-7984
Phone: (608) 261-2028
Website: elections.wi.gov
Email: elections@wi.gov

Go to www.myvote.wi.gov to request a mailed absentee ballot, see offices/candidates on your ballot, for voting dates, and more!