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 20-24 McKim v. C Madison Clerk’s Office
The attached complaint was received by the Wisconsin Elections Commission. The WEC has determined that the complaint is not in proper form as the complainant is not an elector in the City of Madison, and is therefore not a proper party to filing a complaint with othe WEC under Wis. Stat. § 5.06. The
EL 20-22 Hunt v. Findley, et al
The attached complaint was received by the Wisconsin Elections Commission. Counsel for the complainant contacted the Commission on November 22, 2020, to notify all parties that the above-referenced complaint was being voluntarily withdrawn. Please consider this matter to be resolved completely.
EL 20-20 Guse v. City of Madison
The attached complaint was received by the Wisconsin Elections Commission on Friday, September 25. It is currently being reviewed by the Commission. The Administrator determined that the complaint is not in proper form as the complainant is not an elector in the City of Madison and is therefore not
EL 20-19 Krumberger, et al. v. Findley, et al.
The complaint is not in proper form as the complainants are not proper parties to filing a complaint with the Wisconsin Elections Commisison under Wis. Stat. § 5.06. Therefore, the complaint was returned without prejudice pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 5.06 and Wis. Admin. Code § EL 20.04(1) and (2).
EL 20-18 Stone v Genrich et al
This complaint was returned to the complainant because it is not sufficient to form and fails to state probable cause that a violation of law under the jurisdiction of the Commission has been violated, without prejudice pursuant to Wis. Admin. Code § EL 20.04(3). The complaint has not been accepted
EL 20-17 Atherton v. Michael, V Summit
The Wisconsin Elections Commission finds that the Village of Summit did not violate Wis. Stat. § 6.82 or the polling place accessibility requirements associated with the Americans with Disabilities Act by asking voters without a mask to utilize a separate voting kiosk for the protection of election
EL 20-16 Farmer v. Albrecht, CMEC
Please see the complaint and response for details. The Wisconsin Elections Commission has not yet decided this complaint.
EL 20-14 McVey v. City of Milwaukee
A verified complaint was filed by Nicholas McVey with the Wisconsin Elections Commission (“Commission”) on May 18, 2020 in response to actions taken by election officials at the Marshall High School voting location during the April 7, 2020 Partisan Primary election. The complaint alleges that the
EL 20-15 Leber v. Shirmer, T of Warren
A verified complaint was filed by Sere B. Leber with the Wisconsin Elections Commission (“Commission”) on May 18, 2020 in response to Warren Town Clerk Deina Shirmer’s decision to remove Ms. Leber from the Town of Warren Election Official list (“Election Official list”) following incidents that
EL 20-12 Herbst v. SD of Black Hawk
This complaint was dismissed because it was not filed in a timely manner. See letter for full explanation.