PostingThe 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 natural resources, including fertile soils and the popular Black Earth Creek. (Population 524, 2025)
VOTING BY ABSENTEE BALLOT
Spring Primary – February 17, 2026
Any qualified elector who is unable or unwilling to appear at the polling place on Election Day February 17, 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 – February 12, 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
Lower-Level of 1116 Mills St.
Black Earth, WI 53515
608-444-6425
T – 8:00-12:00 PM
clerk@tn.blackearth.wi.gov
Also by appointment
The first day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office is: Tuesday, February 3, 2026
The last day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office is: Friday, February 13, 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, February 17, 2026. Any ballots received after the polls close will not be counted.
Publishing: January 16, 2026 – Times Tribune
Posting: January 20, 2026
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 Express Vote voting equipment for the Spring Primary Election, which will be held on Tuesday, February 17, 2026, for the Village and Town of Black Earth, will take place on Tuesday, February 10, 2026, at 8:30 AM at the Municipal Building Meeting Room, 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
Notice of Public Test
Help Spread The Word – Snowmobile Safely This Season
The DNR needs your help spreading critical snowmobiling safety messaging across the state. / Photo Credit: Travel Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) needs your help spreading critical snowmobile safety messaging across the state. We’re asking you, our partners, to urge snowmobilers to be careful on ice, stay sober and ride only on designated trails.
There have already been two snowmobile fatalities in Wisconsin this season. Last winter, there were nine snowmobiling fatalities. Two of the most common off-highway vehicle (OHV) crash contributors early in the season are weak ice and impaired operation. Both factors can be mitigated through planning and smart decision-making.
To make it easier for you to amplify this message to help protect your community, we’ve created social media posts, images and a draft news release that you can download and use in any communications you plan to issue on this topic.
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Thanks for spreading the word however you’re able and helping keep your constituents and communities safe!