Wisconsin Elections Commission
Meeting Notice
Regular Meeting
Thursday, June 27, 2024
10:00 A.M.
This meeting will be held in person in Room 412 East of the Wisconsin State Capitol building, which is located at 2 East Main Street, Madison, WI 53702. Participants will also have the option to present public comment virtually, via telephone/Zoom.
WisconsinEye is likely to stream the meeting online, and members of the public and media are encouraged to view coverage at https://wiseye.org/ Please check WisconsinEye’s schedule at https://wiseye.org/schedule/ to determine whether it plans to stream the meeting.
Please visit https://elections.wi.gov/event/june-2024-quarterly-meeting-6272024 to view materials for the meeting. Members of the public wishing to provide written comment to the Commissioners should email @email with “Message to Commissioners” in the subject line.
Members of the public who wish to address the Commission during public comment have the opportunity to do so virtually or in person. Please follow public comment instructions posted at https://elections.wi.gov/event/june-2024-quarterly-meeting-6272024. Individuals wishing to speak should please email @email with the words “Request to Speak” in the subject line and provide the information requested in the instructions. Once your request is received, you will receive instructions via email. Please submit requests to present public comment by 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 26, 2024.
OPEN AND CLOSED SESSION AGENDA (AMENDED 6/25/24)
A. Call to Order
B. Administrator’s Report of Appropriate Meeting Notice
C. Public Comment
D. Written Comments
E. Discussion and Potential Action Related to the Recall Petition Pertaining to Assembly Representative Robin Vos, and Any Related Recall Policy Considerations and Action.
F. Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes
1. May 14, 2024
2. May 16, 2024
3. June 10, 2024
G. Review and Potential Action Relating to Election Manuals:
1) Election Day Manual
2) Election Administration Manual
H. External Use of Agency Materials, Logos, and Branding: Consideration and Possible Action
I. Discussion, Review, and Possible Action Pertaining to Administrative Rulemaking:
1) Authorization for Emergency Rulemaking concerning Election Observers
2) EL § 6.05 (Uniform Instruction) Rule Order, Economic Impact Analysis, and Draft Public Hearing Notice
3) Approval & Security of Electronic Voting Equipment
4) EL Chapter 12 Amendments (Certification And Training Of Municipal Clerks)
5) Authorization for New Emergency/Permanent Rulemaking Judicial Privacy Protections Effectuated by 2023 Wisconsin Act 235
6) Draft Rule for EL Chapter 13 on Training of Election Officials
7) Draft Rule for EL Chapter 15 on Polling Place Emergency Planning
J. Processing NMVR Forms Received by Commission since September 2023
K. Review and Potential Action Relating to Administrative Complaint Forms
L. Review and Potential Action on a Wis. Stat. § 5.061 Complaint: Heuer v. UW-Parkside (EL 24-01)
M. 2025–2027 Biennial Budget Update/Request
N. Accessible Voting Equipment Subgrant Renewal
O. Commission Staff Updates
P. Discussion, Review, and Possible Action Pertaining to Temporary Injunction Issued June 25, 2024, in the Disability Rights Wisconsin et al. v. Wisconsin Elections Commission et al. matter.
Q. Discussion of Scheduling and Content for Upcoming Commission Meetings
R. Closed Session*
1. Closed Session Minutes Approval
a. May 14, 2024
b. May 16, 2024
2. Litigation Update and Consideration of Potential Litigation
3. Advisory Opinion Consideration and Potential Action
4. Wis. Stat. § 5.05 Complaints
5. ERIC Processes and Referrals
§ 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.
§ 19.85(1)(h) – Consideration of requests for confidential written advice from the elections commission under s. 5.05 (6a) or the ethics commission under s. 19.46 (2), or from any county or municipal ethics board under s. 19.59 (5).
§ 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.
§ 19.85(1)(f) – Considering financial, medical, social or personal histories or disciplinary data of specific persons, preliminary consideration of specific personnel problems or the investigation of charges against specific persons except where par. (b) applies which, if discussed in public, would be likely to have a substantial adverse effect upon the reputation of any person referred to in such histories or data, or involved in such problems or investigations.
S. Adjourn
*The Elections Commission will convene in open session but may move to closed session under Wis. Stat. § 19.85(1)(f), (1)(g), (1)(h), 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).