Elections

FEBRUARY 17 PRIMARY ELECTION - DANE COUNTY RESIDENTS ONLY - SEE BALLOT SAMPLE BELOW

APRIL 7 - SPRING ELECTION

VILLAGE TRUSTEE CANDIDATES:    MICHAEL GEHRMANN,  CHRISTIAN ALLEN, 1 OPEN POSITION

VOTING BY ABSENTEE BALLOT

VILLAGE OF OREGON <  TOWN OF OREGON  <  TOWN OF RUTLAND  <  VILLAGE OF BROOKLYN

 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 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 for the primary or election or both. You may make a written application to your municipal clerk for an absentee ballot in person, by mail, by fax, by email or at MyVote.wi.gov. 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 voting; 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, Thursday, February 12, 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. The first and last day to vote an absentee ballot in your municipality is listed below. No in-person absentee voting may occur on the day before an 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 February 17, 2026. Any ballots received after the polls close will not be counted. 

Notice of Spring Primary and

 Sample Ballots

 February 17, 2026

Office of the Dane County Clerk

To the voters of Dane County:

Notice is hereby given of a spring primary election to be held in Dane County on February 17, 2026, at which the officers named below shall be nominated.  The names of the candidates for each office, whose nominations have been certified to or filed in this office, are given under the title of the office, each in its proper column, together with the questions submitted to a vote, for a referendum, if any, in the sample ballot below.

Information to Voters

Upon entering the polling place and before being permitted to vote, a voter shall:

• state their name and address
• show an acceptable form of photo identification*
• sign the poll book**

*If a voter does not have acceptable photo identification, the voter may obtain a free photo ID for voting from the Division of Motor Vehicles. 

**If the voter is unable to sign the poll book due to disability, a poll worker may write the word “exempt.”

 If a voter is not registered to vote, they may register to vote at the polling place serving their residence if the voter provides proof of residence. 

Where ballots are distributed to voters, the initials of two inspectors must appear on the ballot.

Upon being permitted to vote, the voter shall enter a voting booth or go to a machine and cast their ballot. The vote should not be cast in any manner other than specified here.  Sample ballots or other materials to assist the voter in marking their ballot may be taken into the booth and copied.  The sample ballot shall not be shown to anyone so as to reveal how the ballot is marked.

A voter who is a parent or guardian may be accompanied by the voter's minor child or minor ward. 

An election official may inform the voter of the proper manner for casting a vote but the official may not advise or indicate a particular voting choice.

 Assistance for Voting

A voter may select an individual to assist in casting their vote if the voter declares to the presiding official that they are unable to read, have difficulty reading, writing, or understanding English, or that due to disability are unable to cast their ballot.  The selected individual rendering assistance may not be the voter's employer or an agent of that employer or an officer or agent of a labor organization which represents the voter.

Where Optical Scan Voting is Used

The voter shall fill in the oval next to the name of the candidate of their choice for each office for which he or she intends to vote.  To vote for a person whose name does not appear on the ballot, the voter shall write in the name of the person of their choice in the space provided for a write-in vote and fill in the oval next to the write-in line.  On referendum questions, the voter shall fill in the oval next to "yes" if in favor of the question, or the voter shall fill in the oval next to "no" if opposed to the question.

When using an electronic ballot marking device (“ExpressVote”) to mark an optical scan ballot, the voter shall touch the screen or use the tactile pad to select the name of the candidate of their choice for each office for which they intend to vote.  To vote for a person whose name does not appear on the ballot, the voter shall type in the name of the person of their choice in the space provided for a write-in vote.  On referendum questions, the voter shall touch the screen or use the tactile pad to select "yes" if in favor of the question, or the voter shall touch the screen or use the tactile pad to select "no" if opposed to the question.

Spoiled Ballots

If a voter spoils an optical scan ballot, they shall return it to an election official who shall issue another ballot in its place, but not more than three ballots shall be issued to any one voter.  If the ballot has not been initialed by two inspectors or is defective in any other way, the voter shall return it to the election official, who shall issue a proper ballot in its place. 

 After Voting the Ballot

After an official optical scan ballot is marked, it may be inserted in the security sleeve, so the marks do not show.  The voter shall insert the ballot in the voting device and discard the sleeve or deliver the ballot to an inspector for deposit.  If a central count system is used, the voter shall insert the ballot in the ballot box and discard the sleeve or deliver the ballot to an inspector for deposit.  The voter shall leave the polling place promptly.

The following is a sample of the official ballot:

                                                                             Scott McDonell, Dane County Clerk

 Following is a complete list of candidates for the office of Dane County Supervisor listed in the proper supervisory district.

District 12      Sean Burke

                   Otis Harris, Jr.

                    Tommy Rylander

District 15      Nino Amato

                    Rick Cruz

                    Amy Larson

District 28      Aaron Linas

                    Nathan McGree

                    Michele Doolan

NOTICE OF LOCATION AND HOURS OF POLLING PLACE

VILLAGE OF OREGON <  TOWN OF OREGON  <  TOWN OF RUTLAND  <  VILLAGE OF BROOKLYN

At the Spring Primary to be held on Tuesday, February 17^th, 2026, in the Village of Oregon, Village of Brooklyn, Town of Rutland, and Town of Oregon of Dane County, Wisconsin, the following polling place locations will be used for the wards indicated:

                           Location                                                                                                                    Wards

Village of Oregon

Oregon Village Hall, 101 Alpine Parkway, Oregon, WI  53575                                   1 - 4

Oregon Public Library, 200 N Alpine Parkway, Oregon, WI  53575                            5 - 9

People’s United Methodist Church, 103 N Alpine Parkway, Oregon, WI  53575        10 - 15

Village of Brooklyn

Brooklyn Village Hall, 210 Commercial Street, Brooklyn, WI  53521                          1 - 4

Town of Rutland

Rutland Town Hall, 785 Center Road, Stoughton, WI  53589                                     1 & 2

Town of Oregon

Oregon Town Hall, 1138 Union Road, Oregon, WI  53575                                         1 - 4

 All polling places will open at 7:00 A.M. and will close at 8:00 P.M. All polling places are accessible to elderly and voters with disabilities*.

 If you have any questions concerning your polling place, contact the municipal clerk.

 Village of Oregon: Candie Jones, 101 Alpine Parkway, Oregon, WI  53575

(608) 835-3118, 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. (Mon-Thurs) 7:30 a.m.- 12 p.m. (Fri)

 Village of Brooklyn: Linda Kuhlman, 210 Commercial Street, Brooklyn, WI  53521

(608) 455-4201, 7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (Mon-Fri)

 Town of Rutland: Dawn George, 4177 Old Stage Road, Brooklyn, WI, 53521

(608) 455-3925, Call for appointment.

 Town of Oregon: Jennifer Hanson, 1138 Union Road, Oregon, WI  53575

(608) 835-3200, 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (Mon-Thurs) Fridays by appointment.

 Notice of Meeting of the Local Board of Canvassers

At the close of voting on Election Day, pursuant to the provisions of Wis. Stat. § 19.84, the Election Inspectors at each polling place will convene as the Local Canvassing Board for the purpose of conducting the local canvass pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 7.51.  This meeting will be open to the public pursuant to Wis. Stat. §§ 19.81-89.

Notice of Meeting of the Local and Municipal Board of Canvassers (MBOC)

At the close of voting on Election Day, pursuant to the provisions of Wis. Stat. § 19.84, the Election Inspectors will convene as a joint meeting of the Local Board of Canvassers and the MBOC for the purpose of conducting the local and municipal canvasses pursuant to Wis. Stat. §§7.51 and 7.53(1). This meeting will be open to the public pursuant to Wis. Stat. §§ 19.81-89.

Notice of Meeting of MBOC to Process Rehabilitated Provisional Ballots

If provisional ballots have been issued and are subsequently cured by the voter before 4:00 p.m. on the Friday after the election, the MBOC must meet no later than the following Monday at 9:00 a.m. to process the cured provisional ballots.  This is a public meeting and requires applicable notice.

Posted 2/6/2026, Published 2/12/2026                

NOTICE OF SPRING ELECTION

VILLAGE OF BROOKLYN

April 7, 2026

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that at an election to be held in the Village of Brooklyn, on Tuesday, April 7, 2026, the following offices are to be elected to succeed the present incumbents listed.  The term for Village Trustee begins on   April 21, 2026.   All terms are for two years.

               Office                                                       Incumbent

               Village Trustee                                         Dan Olson

               Village Trustee                                         Mike Gehrmann

               Village Trustee                                         Christian Allen

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that the first day to circulate nomination papers is December 1, 2025 and the final day for filing nomination papers is 5:00 p.m., on Tuesday, January 6, 2026, in the office of the Village Clerk.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that if a primary is necessary, the primary will be held on Tuesday, February 17, 2026.

Acceptable Photo ID will be required to vote at this election.  If you do not have a photo ID, you may obtain a free ID for voting from the Division of Motor Vehicles.

Done in the Village of Brooklyn,

on this 13th Day of November, 2025

Linda Kuhlman, Village Clerk-Treasurer

Posted  11/13/2025

Published 11/20/2025