This page contains information about compliance review complaints against election officials filed with the Wisconsin Elections Commission under Section §5.06. Complaints filed under Section §5.05 are not included because they are confidential by law. However, at the direction of the Commission, close letters from some Section §5.05 complaints are posted and denoted with an asterisk (*) before the number.
A voter may file a sworn complaint alleging that an election official has violated the law or abused the official’s discretion regarding nominations, qualifications of candidates, voting qualifications, including residence, ward division and renumbering, recall, ballot preparation, election administration or conduct of elections.
EL 22-05 Petersen v. Tollefson
A 5.06 appeal complaint has been filed with the Wisconsin Elections Commission concerning Rock County.
EL 22-02 Griffin v. City of Milwaukee Election Commission
A 5.06 appeal complaint has been filed with the Wisconsin Elections Commission concerning the City of Milwaukee Election Commission.
EL 21-42 Mertig v. Koch, Butternut School District
A sworn Wisconsin Statute § 5.06 complaint was filed by Gary Mertig.
El 21-41 Stone v. Judnic et al
A sworn Wisconsin Statute § 5.06 complaint was filed by Jay Stone.
EL 21-39 Stone v. Wolfe
A sworn Wisconsin Statute § 5.06 complaint was filed by Jay Stone.
EL 21-35 Pellegrini v. Igl
The decision letter in this matter (Pellegrini v. Igl – EL 21-35) relied in part on guidance issued by the Commission that has been ordered to be withdrawn as invalid by the Waukesha County Circuit Court in Teigen, et al. v. WEC, et al.. See the memorandum at this link: https://elections.wi.gov/node