The Town of Black Earth is located approximately 20 miles west of Madison. The first Europeans to permanently settle here arrived in 1843. Five years later, the Wisconsin State Legislature created the Town of Farmersville, later renamed Black Earth. Black Earth is a rural farming community with fertile soils and the popular Black Earth Creek. (Population 529, 2026)
General Election
November 3, 2026
SAMPLE BALLOT – Town of Black Earth
VOTING BY ABSENTEE BALLOT
Any qualified elector who is unable or unwilling to appear at the polling place on Election Day, November 3, 2026, may submit a request to vote an absentee ballot to their municipal clerk. A qualified elector is any U.S. citizen who will be 18 years of age or older on Election Day and has resided in the ward or municipality where they wish to vote for at least 28 consecutive days before the election. The elector must also be registered to vote to receive an absentee ballot. Proof of identification must be provided before an absentee ballot may be issued.*
Making an Application to Receive an Absentee Ballot by Mail
Contact your municipal clerk and request that an application for an absentee ballot be sent to you. You may make a written application to your municipal clerk for an absentee ballot in person, by mail, by fax, by email, or online at www.myvote.wi.gov.
Your written request must include your voting address within the municipality where you wish to vote; the address where the absentee ballot should be sent, if different; your signature; and a copy of your photo identification.*
The Deadline for Making an Application to Receive an Absentee Ballot by Mail is:
5:00 PM on the fifth day before the election – October 29, 2026
*Voters who are indefinitely confined due to age, illness, infirmity, or disability may not be required to provide a photo ID. If this applies to you, contact your municipal clerk regarding the deadlines for requesting and submitting an absentee ballot. Special absentee voting application provisions apply to electors who are indefinitely confined, in the military, hospitalized, or serving as a sequestered juror. If this applies to you, contact your municipal clerk regarding the deadlines for requesting and submitting an absentee ballot.
Voting an Absentee Ballot In Person
You may also request and vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office or other specified location during the days and hours specified for casting an absentee ballot in person.
Stephanie Zwettler, Clerk
1210 Mills St
Black Earth, WI 53515
608-444-6425
clerk@tn.blackearth.wi.gov
T – 8 AM- 12 PM (Noon)
Also, by appointment
The first day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office is: Tuesday, October 20, 2026
The last day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office is: Friday, October 30, 2026
No in-person absentee voting may occur on the day before the election. 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 on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Any ballots received after the polls close will not be counted.
Type E Notice – November 3, 2026 – General Election
NOTICE OF PUBLIC TEST OF VOTING MACHINE FOR THE
VILLAGE OF BLACK EARTH & TOWN OF BLACK EARTH
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the test of the DS200 tabulator and ExpressVote voting equipment for the General Election that will be held on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, for the Village and Town of Black Earth will be run on Tuesday, October 27, 2026, at 8:30 AM at the Municipal Building Meeting Room at 1210 Mills Street, Black Earth, WI 53515.
If you have any questions concerning your polling place OR testing of the voting machine, please contact your municipal clerk.
Stephanie Zwettler, Clerk
Public Test Notice
Town of Black Earth
Notice of Location and Hours of Polling Place
At the General Election to be held on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, in the Village and Town of Black Earth, the following polling place locations will be used for the wards indicated:
Location Ward
1210 Mills St., Black Earth, WI Town Ward 1
All polling places will open at 7:00 A.M. and will close at 8:00 P.M. All polling places are accessible to elderly and voters with disabilities.
If you have any questions concerning your polling place, contact the municipal clerk.
Town of Black Earth:
Stephanie Zwettler
608-444-6425
Notice of Meeting of the Local Board of Canvassers
At the close of voting on Election Day, pursuant to the provisions of Wis. Stat. § 19.84, the Election Inspectors at each polling place will convene as the Local Canvassing Board for the purpose of conducting the local canvass pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 7.51. This meeting will be open to the public pursuant to Wis. Stat. §§ 19.81-89.