Deadline to request absentee ballot is Thursday

The deadline to request an absentee ballot for the Wisconsin spring primary election is this week. Requests must be received by Thursday. Absentee ballots must be returned by 8 p.m. on Election Day, Feb. 18. In Platteville, in-office absentee voting will be held this week in the city clerk’s office in City Hall. In Lancaster, in-office absentee voting will be available at Lancaster City Hall.