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This Elections Division web site will have a scheduled maintenance outage on Sunday, November 8, 2009, from 4 a.m. to noon. The G.A.B.'s Ethics Division site will not be affected.

The next Government Accountability Board Meeting is 9:30 a.m. Monday, November 9, 2009, at the Risser Justice Center Building, Conference Room #150, 17 West Main Street, Madison.  The larger venue is necessary because the board will be dealing with voting equipment certification issues.

List of 2009-2011 furlough days. (PDF)

What's New

Early Voting:

Who Is Officially Running? List of Candidates:

10-22-09: Statement on Release of Early Voting Report (PDF)

US-EAC Chair Gineen Beach visited the Government Accountability Board on October 19 and 20:

10-14-09: The Joint Committee on Finance has approved the Board's Five-Year Election Administration Plan. (News Release - PDF)

Ad-hoc Clerk Training Advisory Committee meeting 10-14-09 (PDF)

The Government Accountability Board met October 5, 2009.

9-22-09 G.A.B. to Test New Voting Equipment (PDF)

  • Testing will occur September 29 and 30 at G.A.B. offices
  • Public demonstration from 5-7 p.m. September 30 at G.A.B.

9-18-09 Election Official Guidance:  H1N1 Flu Pandemic and Possible Impact on the Conduct of Elections

9-8-09 Improved Clerks Communications: Update

8-21-09 An Informational Update on the SVRS Request for Information (RFI) for the SVRS Distributed

8-20-09 News release: Wisconsin Gets More High Marks for Elections

8-20-09 Column: Kevin J. Kennedy - G.A.B. election plan responsive to voters (The Capital Times)

8-18-09 Request for Information - SVRS

8-18-09 Announcement of G.A.B. Furlough Dates for 2009-2011

8-17-09: 2009 Polling Place Accessibility Grants

8-13-09 News Release: First Quarter Lobbying Review

8-06-09: Information about the August 10, 2009, Board meeting:

8-4-09: News Release: Voter Response to G.A.B. Letter is Heavy

8-4-09: Wisconsin's 2009-2014 State Election Administration Draft Plan

7-30-09: Information Regarding G.A.B. Letters to 85,000 voters to ensure correctness of information (HAVA Check Ping letters)

7-27-09:  Wisconsin Election Administration Council Meeting

7-2-09: G.A.B. Board Members Votes to Waive Per Diem for Future Meeting

7-2-09:  Early Voting Draft Documents:

6-29-09:News Release Board Authorizes Court Action Against Eight Delinquent Campaign Committees

6-29-09:News Release Board Concludes Campaign Finance Investigation

6-26-09:News Release 2009-2014 Election Administration Plan

6-26-09:Clerks Memo(Review Draft 2009-2014 Election Administration Plan

6-26-09:  Investigation Results

6-24-09: Wisconsin Amended State Election Administration Plan [Click here for document]

6/02/09: Summer Data Quality Initiatives-Updated Death Matches

6/02/09:  2009 HAVA College Poll Worker Program

05/26/09:  2009 Mock Election Grant Application

05/07/09 Clerks Summer Data Quality Initiatives

05/05/09: Municipal Clerks Week resolution from the G.A.B.

05/05/09 news release: Board Certifies Wisconsin Spring Election Results

05/04/09 news release: Report to G.A.B.: Poll Shows Wisconsin's Voters More Satisfied Than Neighbor States'

04/30/09 news release: State to Begin Retroactive Voter Record Checks

04/24/09 New SVRS Feedback Meeting Invitation  

04/24/09: Election Update for April (for local election officials)

04/23/09: Wisconsin Elections, April 2009

04/09/09 news release: Governor Receives the Names of Two Nominees to Serve on the Government Accountability Board

04/02/09 Investigation Results

03/31/09 news release: New Wisconsin Forfeitures Rule Approved by G.A.B.

03/30/09 news release: Government Accountability Board Endorses Strengthening State Ethics, Lobbying & Campaign Finance Laws

03/30/09 news release: G.A.B. Sends Issue Ad Rule to the Legislature

03/10/09: March 3, 2009 WI County Clerks Association Spring Conference G.A.B. Summary Report

03/09/09 New Polling Place Accessibility Forms

02/23/09:

GAB-190 for the April 2009 Spring Election / GAB-190 for the April 2009 Spring Election Fillable / GAB-190 Help Guide

02/19/09 Four-Year Voter Records Maintenance Information:

01/15/09: G.A.B. Report on Retroactive "HAVA Checks"

01/15/09: G.A.B. memo on 2009-10 Legislative Agenda for Elections

01/02/09:  G.A.B. December 17, 2008, Elections Administration Decisions 

12/18/08: Retention of Electronic Election Data

  • Memo to Clerks Clarification of § 7.23 (1) (g), Wis. Stats.: Maintenance of Electronic Voting Records
  • Memo to G.A.B. Background Memorandum/Policy Recommendations: Clarification of § 7.23 (1) (g), Wis. Stats.: Maintenance of Electronic Voting Records

11/28/08: Memo to Clerks