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 524, 2025)
VOTING BY ABSENTEE BALLOT
Partisan Primary – August 11, 2026
Any qualified elector who is unable or unwilling to appear at the polling place on Election Day, August 11, 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 – August 6, 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.
Town of Black Earth
Stephanie Zwettler, Clerk
1210 Mills St.
Black Earth, WI 53515
608-444-6425
clerk@tn.blackearth.wi.gov
T – 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Also, by appointment
The first day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office is: Tuesday, July 28, 2026
The last day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office is: Friday, August 7, 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, August 11, 2026. Any ballots received after the polls close will not be counted.
Type E Notice – Partisan Primary
SAMPLE BALLOT – TOWN OF BLACK EARTH