AMENDED NOTICE OF OPEN AND CLOSED MEETING
Wisconsin Elections Commission
Regular Meeting
Thursday, February 8, 2024
10:00 A.M.
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OPEN AND CLOSED SESSION AGENDA
A. Call to Order
B. Administrator’s Report of Appropriate Meeting Notice
C. Public Comment
D. Written Comments
E. Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes
1. January 24, 2024
F. Review, Possible Approval, and Commission Directives as Needed for the Agency’s Internal Control Plan
G. Review and Possible Action on Agency Administrative Rules
1. LAB Rule Memo Discussion
2. Uniform Instructions (Chapter EL 6)
3. Training Rule (Chapter EL 13)
4. Challenge Procedures for Nomination Papers and Declarations of Candidacy (Chapter EL 2)
5. Emergency Polling Place Plan (Chapter EL 15)
H. Discussion of a Potential Redesign of the Commission’s Wis. Stat. Chapter 5 Complaint Form
I. WEC Staff Updates to the Commission
J. Revisions to the Polling Place Accessibility Survey and Polling Place Plan
K. Discussion, Review, and Possible Action Pertaining to the Commission Manuals for County/Municipal Clerks.
1. Changes to the Election Administration and Election Day Manual Related to Incomplete Absentee Certifications
2. Changes to the Election Administration and Election Day Manual Related to Absentee Witness Address and Recent Case Decisions
L. Discussion and Possible Action Pertaining to Potential Clerk Communications:
1. Consideration of Draft Clerk Communications Related to Rise, Inc., et al v. Wis. Elections Comm’n, et al (2022CV002446), and League of Women Voters of Wis. v. Wis. Elections Comm’n, et al. (2022CV002472) concerning Absentee Ballot Certificates.
2. Consideration of Draft Clerk Communication on Requirements Related to Uniform Instructions and New Absentee Ballot Materials
M. Discussion on Ballot Access Petition for Green Party
N. Closed Session*
1. Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes
· December 19, 2023
2. Wis. Stat. § 5.05 Complaint
3. Litigation Update and Consideration of Potential Litigation
4. ERIC Processes and Referrals
5. Closed Session Minutes Approval
§ 19.85(1)(g) – The Commission may confer in closed session with legal counsel for the governmental body who is rendering oral or written advice concerning strategy to be adopted by the body with respect to litigation in which it is or is likely to become involved.
§ 19.851 – The Commission’s deliberations concerning an investigation of any violation of the law under the jurisdiction of the Commission shall be in closed session.
O. Adjourn
*The Elections Commission will convene in open session but may move to closed session under Wis. Stat. § 19.85(1)(g) and Wis. Stat. § 19.851 and then reconvene into open session prior to adjournment of this meeting. This notice is intended to inform the public that this meeting will convene in open session, may move to closed session, and then may reconvene in open session. Wis. Stat. § 19.85 (2).