Room 412 East
Madison, WI 53702
Wisconsin Elections Commission
First Amended Meeting Notice (11/1/23)
Regular Meeting
Thursday, November 2, 2023
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/wisconsin-elections-commission-november-2023-meeting 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/wisconsin-elections-commission-november-2023-meeting. 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, November 1, 2023.
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. August 30, 2023
2. September 7, 2023
3. September 14, 2023
4. September 29, 2023
F. Petition for Approval of Electronic Voting System: Dominion Voting Systems, Inc. - Democracy Suite 5.17 and 5.17S
G. Discussion and Adoption of a 2024 Meeting Schedule
H. Badger Book Program Updates and Possible Commission Directives
I. Voter Felon Audit Updates
J. Review and Potential Action on the Election Observer Administrative Rule
K. Commission Discussion and Possible Action on Voter Registration Form Prescription
L. Review and Possible Action on Absentee Ballot Certificate Envelopes Pertaining to Care Facilities and Questions
M. Discussion of a Potential Redesign of the Commission’s Wis. Stat. Chapter 5 Complaint Form
N. Discussion, Review, and Possible Action Pertaining to the Uniform Instructions for Wisconsin Absentee Voters
O. Review and Possible Action on Indefinite Confinement Status After an Unreturned Absentee Ballot
P. WEC Staff Update
Q. Emergency Agenda Item: Movement of Virtual Public Hearing and Comment Period on Scope Statements SS 089-23 Through SS 094-23 from 11/3/23 to Date Approved by the Commission.
R. on the scope statements
S. Closed Session*
1. Advisory Opinion Consideration and Potential Action
2. Wis. Stat. § 5.05 Complaints
3. Litigation Update and Consideration of Potential Litigation
4. ERIC Processes and Referrals
5. Closed Session Minutes Approval
§ 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.
§ 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.
T. 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).