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When: May 14, 2024, 8:00 a.m. Central Time (US and Canada)
Topic: Meeting of the Wisconsin Elections Commission
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OPEN AND CLOSED SESSION AGENDA
A. Call to Order
B. Administrator’s Report of Appropriate Meeting Notice
C. Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes
1. April 11, 2024
D. Discussion and Potential Action Related to the Wis. Stat. § 5.62(2)(a) Petition from the “No Labels Wisconsin” party for Ballot Status.
E. Consideration and Approval of Ballot Proofs for the August and November, 2024, Elections.
F. Discussion and Potential Action Related to HAVA Grant Fund Spending Plan.
G. Discussion and Potential Action: UOCAVA Policy and Questions.
H. Review and Possible Action on Agency Administrative Rules
1. Emergency Polling Place Plan (Chapter EL 15)
2. Certification And Training of Municipal Clerks (Chapter EL 12)
3. Challenge Procedures for Nomination Papers and Declarations of Candidacy (Chapter EL 2)
4. Uniform Instructions (Chapter EL 6)
I. Discussion, Review, and Possible Action Related to the Uniform Instructions for Wisconsin Absentee Voters.
J. Discussion and Potential Action Related to the Creation and Implementation of Section 7, (1) and (2), of Article III of the Wisconsin Constitution.
K. Discussion, Planning and Scheduling for the June 10, 2024, Ballot Access Meeting.
L. Closed Session*
1. Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes
• February 8, 2024
• March 20, 2024
• April 11, 2024
2. Litigation Update and Consideration of Potential Litigation
3. Wis. Stat. § 5.05 Complaints
§ 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.
M. 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).