Fact Checks

No, Wisconsin’s Badger Books epollbook system is not connected to the internet. The Wisconsin Elections Commission, which created the software for Badger Books, designed the system with cybersecurity as a top priority. Badger Books are an electronic poll book system available to Wisconsin’s

The number of active registered voters fluctuates as people register or as they are moved from the active list to the inactive list by their municipal clerks, ranging between 3.4 million to 3.7 million. As of August 2021, there are 3.5 million active registered voters . Only active registered voters

Yes, information security professionals at the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) and state cybersecurity experts from multiple agencies have reviewed claims in the video and have found them to be false. There is no evidence in this video, or anywhere else, that anyone hacked into any Wisconsin

No. One of the stranger claims after the election was that legitimate ballots had been specially encoded by one of the political parties so any illegitimate ballots could be rejected. Wisconsin county clerks are responsible for printing ballots which are distributed to municipal clerks. The secrecy

Absolutely not. In 2010, many Wisconsin clerks started using a new combined application/certificate for absentee ballots cast in their offices. They did this to reduce paperwork in response to more and more voters casting absentee ballots in the clerk’s office. Prior to 2010, people voting absentee

There have been unfounded allegations that the WEC violated the law by not removing approximately 232,000 voters from the registration list because they may have moved. The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled in April 2021 that Wisconsin law did not direct the Wisconsin Elections Commission to not remove

There is no evidence of widespread voter fraud in this or any other Wisconsin election. Wisconsin has many systems in place to deter and detect illegal voting, but there will always be small amounts of voter fraud in any election. The Wisconsin Elections Commission is dedicated to working with local

Yes and yes. Dominion voting systems are approved for use in Wisconsin, specifically the Dominion Voting ImageCast Evolution (ICE). Dominion the second largest voting equipment vendor in the state, and their systems are used in all or parts of these counties: Adams, Crawford, Door, Fond du Lac

No. Wisconsin law allows a person who is “indefinitely confined because of age, physical illness or infirmity or is disabled for an indefinite period” to become a permanent absentee voter “by signing a statement to that effect.” This law has been on the books for more than 30 years. Being a

Absolutely not. The idea of “ghost voters” or "phantom voters" comes from a conspiracy theory that the election was stolen by adding votes from “ghost voters” who were then deleted from the voter list so there would be no evidence of them. The theory assumes unknown entities somehow hacked both the