1. SUMMARY. On September 21, 2022, the Wisconsin Elections Commission approved the renewal of the Election Security .gov Email Domain Subgrant for municipalities, which awards up to $600 per jurisdiction for transition to a wi.gov or .gov email domain. Under the federal Help America Vote Act (HAVA)...
Tracking Voter Turnout, Election Security Subgrants, Election Day Postcards WEC Newsletter Volume III, Issue XI June 15, 2023 Contents Processing 4YM Returns Badger Voters Update Wisvote Grab Bag Webinar June 20 WEC on the Road: Absentee Envelopes and Badger Books Commission Meeting Updates Happy...
The purpose of this memo is to alert clerks of some important dates and required actions for the 2023 four-year voter record maintenance. Clerks will use WisVote to process returned postcards and update voter records. Before processing any returned postcards, please view the pre-recorded...
1. Background. In 2021 the WEC began a quarterly Movers review and mailing process in which postcards are mailed to Wisconsin residents who were identified as potentially moving. As part of Wisconsin’s membership in the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC), the WEC is required to...
SUMMARY. On March 3, 2023, the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) approved the allocation of funds for an accessible voting equipment subgrant program. BACKGROUND. Under the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 (Public Law 117-328), the WEC was awarded additional federal funds to “improve the...
SUMMARY. On March 3, 2023, the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) approved the allocation of federal funds for an absentee ballot envelope subgrant program. This subgrant is provided to partially offset the costs jurisdictions incur purchasing the redesigned absentee ballot envelopes (EL-120 and...
1. PURPOSE. Many Wisconsin clerks recently received public records requests seeking completed absentee ballot applications and copies of each applicant’s photo identification for each election year from 2018 to the present. The WEC cannot represent your jurisdiction or tell you how to respond to...
July 15, 2023, is the deadline for a voter to respond with a Request for Continuation of Registration for the 2023 four-year voter record maintenance. Requests for continuation made after July 15, 2023, cannot be accepted and the voter should be informed that they will need to re-register. Clerks...