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VOTING BY ABSENTEE BALLOT – TOWN OF GERMANTOWN 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, who has resided in the ward or municipality where he or she wishes to vote for at least 28 consecutive days before the election, (October 6, 2026), and is not currently serving a sentence including incarceration, parole, probation, or extended supervision for a felony conviction. The elector must also be registered in to receive an absentee ballot. If you are applying for an absentee ballot for the first time, proof of identification must be provided before an absentee ballot may be issued. You must make a request for an absentee ballot in writing or online at MyVote.wi.gov. Contact your municipal clerk and request that an application for an absentee ballot be sent to you. You may also submit a written request in the form of a letter, or you may apply for an absentee ballot online at MyVote.wi.gov. Your written request must list your voting address within the municipality where you wish to vote, the address where the absentee ballot should be sent, if different, and your signature. You may make application to your municipal clerk for an absentee ballot in person, by mail, by email or at MyVote.wi.gov. Making application to receive an absentee ballot by mail. The deadline for making application to receive an absentee ballot by mail is: 5:00 p.m. on the fifth day before the election, October 29, 2026. Note: Special absentee voting application provisions apply to electors who are indefinitely confined to home or a care facility, 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. All Absentee ballots must be returned by mail or by personal delivery to the Town Clerk by 8:00pm, November 3, 2026, in accordance with current Wisconsin State Statute. Voting an absentee ballot in person You may also request and vote an absentee ballot in the clerk's office during the days and hours specified for casting an absentee ballot in person. Town of Jackson Andrea Blawat, Germantown Elections Clerk 3146 Division Road Jackson, WI 53037 In person absentee voting: Monday through Thursday 9:30am to 3pm Friday 9am to 1pm The first day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office is October 20, 2026. The last day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk's office is 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 before the polls close on November 3, 2026. Any ballots received after the polls close will not be counted.