NOTICE VOTING BY ABSENTEE BALLOT, SPRING ELECTION – April 7, 2026

Any qualified elector who is unable or unwilling to appear at the polling place on Election Day 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.
•    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 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 for the primary or election or both.  You may make written application to your municipal clerk for an absentee ballot by mail, by fax, by email or at MyVote.wi.gov. Or you may apply in person at the clerk’s office during the In-Person Absentee Voting period listed below.

Your written request must include:

1. your voting address within the municipality where you wish to vote
2. the address where the absentee ballot should be sent, if different from the address above
3. your signature
4. a copy of your photo identification*

The deadline for making application to receive an absentee ballot by mail is:
5:00 p.m. on the fifth day before the election, (April 2, 2026)**.

*Voters who are indefinitely confined due to age, illness, infirmity, or disability may not be required to provide photo ID. If this applies to you, contact the municipal clerk regarding 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 the municipal clerk regarding 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.

Michael Ramps, Clerk-Treasurer – Town of Troy – 262.642.5292 – [email protected]

The first day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office is: Tuesday, March 24, 2026
The last day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk's office is: Friday, April 3, 2026
No in-person absentee voting may occur on the day before the election.

In-Person Absentee Procedure

1. You are welcome to use your own blue or black ballpoint pen to fill out your absentee envelope.
2. The absentee clerk will need to check your Photo ID.
3. After reviewing your ballot, you will fold it and seal it in the absentee envelope.
4. Verify your information on the absentee certificate envelope.
5. You will sign your envelope in the presence of the absentee clerk. The absentee clerk will sign and print as your witness.
6. Your absentee ballot will remain sealed in its envelope and secured in the Clerk’s Office until it is delivered to your polling place to be processed on Election Day.
7. On Election Day, the poll workers at your polling place will check your envelope into the poll 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 on April 7, 2026.  Any ballots received after the polls close on Election Day will not be counted.

TYPE E NOTICE | Rev 2022-09 | WI Elections Commission   PO Box 7984  Madison WI 53707-7984 | 608-261-2028 | web:  elections.wi.gov | email:  [email protected]

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

This notice was posted March 9, 2026 on the Town’s website and at Town Hall and Town Hall in accordance with state statutes.