The Voting Polls are located at the Community Center
at 507 S. Maple Street
Polls are open 7:00 AM to 8:00 PM on election day
Please visit http://MyVote.wi.gov/ to register to vote or request an absentee ballot. All requests for absentee ballots must be made online at MyVote.wi.gov or in writing. You may mail your written request or drop it off in the drop box at the Village Hall.
Wisconsin now requires Photo IDs to vote! For more information, please visit http://bringit.wisconsin.gov/
According to Wis. Stats. 5.84(1) the electronic voting equipment must be tested at a public meeting. The DS 200 electronic tabulating machine and the Express Vote Ballot Marking machines will be tested on Thursday, March 26, 2026, at 10:30 a.m. at the Community Center located at 507 S. Maple St.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that at an election is to be held in the Village of Black Creek, on Tuesday, April 7, 2026, the following offices are to be elected to succeed the present incumbents listed. The term for village president and village trustee begins on April 21, 2026. All terms are for two years unless otherwise indicated.
Office Incumbent
Village Trustee Shannon Blaies
Village Trustee Cory Johnson
Village Trustee Tyler Rasmussen
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 PM, 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.
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, 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 in order to receive an absentee ballot. 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.
You must submit a written request 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 by mail, by using the drop box located at Village Hall 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 pm on the Friday preceding the election on Tuesday, April 7, 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.
Voting an absentee ballot in person
You may also request and vote an absentee ballot at the clerk's office, or other specified location, during the days and hours specified for casting an absentee ballot in person.
Barbara Schuh, Clerk
301 N Maple St.
Black Creek, WI 54106
(920) 984-3295
By appointment only
The first day to vote an absentee ballot at the clerk’s office by appointment is: February 3, 2026 for the Spring Primary
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 February 17, 2026, for the Spring Primary.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that at an election to be held in the several towns, villages, cities, wards, and election districts of the State of Wisconsin, on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, the following questions will be submitted to a vote of the people pursuant to law:
QUESTION 1: “Photographic identification for voting. Shall section 1m of article III of the constitution be created to require that voters present valid photographic identification verifying their identity in order to vote in any election, subject to exceptions which may be established by law?”
This referendum ballot is a result of 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 2, a copy of which can be viewed or downloaded on the Legislature’s website at https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/sen/joint_resolution/sjr2
A copy also can be obtained from the office of the county clerk, or the Legislative Documents Room at 1 East Main Street, Madison, Wisconsin.
DONE in the City of Appleton,
this 4th day of March, 2025.
\s\ Kelly Gerrits, Outagamie County Clerk
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Official Election Results can be found by clicking on the following link:
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Spring Primary - Tuesday, February 17, 2026
Spring Election – Tuesday, April 7, 2026
Partisan Primary - Tuesday, August 11, 2026
General Election - Tuesday, November 3, 2026
TOTAL NUMBER OF VOTERS: 523
TOTAL NUMBER OF PROVISIONAL BALLOTS: 0
Brittany Kinser: 298
Jill Underly: 197
Write-In: 0
Scattering:1
Brad Schimel: 336
Susan Crawford: 181
Scattering: 0
Lisa K. Stark: 402
Scattering: 7
Andrew Gleason: 389
Justin Stingle: 101
Scattering: 5
Rebecca Bird: 160
Kayla Gorges: 352
Tim Diermeier: 391
Justin Gorges: 318
Scattering: 11
Steve Kane: 303
Stacy Smith: 318
Scattering: 7
Tony Kastning: 424
Scattering: 4
Yes: 388
No: 109