Type E election notice: Tuesday, January 20th, 2026   VOTING BY ABSENTEE BALLOT   Any qualified elector who is unable or unwilling to appear at the polling place on Election Day may request to vote an absentee ballot. 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. The elector must also be registered to receive an absentee ballot.   TO OBTAIN AN ABSENTEE BALLOT YOU MUST MAKE A REQUEST IN WRITING.   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 also request an absentee ballot by letter. Your written request must contain 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.   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.   You can also personally go to the clerk's office or other specified location and vote an absentee ballot during the hours specified for casting an absentee ballot. Charlie Wojciechowski Clerk/Treasurer Town of Fox Lake PO Box 124 Town Hall W10543 County Road F Fox Lake, WI  53933 Phone: (920)763-7910 (cell) (Office hours posted in display case outside of Town Hall and on www.townoffoxlake.org)   IN-PERSON VOTING IN THE TOWN OF FOX LAKE WILL BE DURING THE FOLLOWING OFFICE HOURS: MONDAYS & THURSDAYS 9:00AM-12:00PM PLEASE CALL THE CLERK/TREASURER (920)763-7910(CELL) IF YOU REQUIRE SPECIAL ACCOMODATION FOR ABSENTEE VOTING.   THE DEADLINE FOR MAKING APPLICATION TO VOTE ABSENTEE BY MAIL IS 12:00 P.M., ON Thursday, February 12th 2026.   (MILITARY ELECTORS SHOULD CONTACT THE MUNICIPAL CLERK REGARDING THE DEADLINES FOR REQUESTING OR SUBMITTING AN ABSENTEE BALLOT).   THE FIRST DAY TO VOTE AN ABSENTEE BALLOT IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE IS THURSDAY, February 5th, 2026. THE DEADLINE FOR VOTING AN ABSENTEE BALLOT IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE IS 12:00 P.M., ON THURSDAY, February 12th, 2026.   THE MUNICIPAL CLERK WILL DELIVER VOTED BALOTS RETURNED ON OR BEFORE ELECTION DAY TO THE PROPER POLLING PLACE OR COUNTING LOCATION BEFORE THE POLLS CLOSE ON ELECTION DAY, February 17th, 2026.