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 20-27 Knudson v. Wolfe
The attached complaint was received by the Wisconsin Elections Commission and has been resolved. Please see the attached Decision Letter for details.
EL 20-28 Knudson v. Evers
The attached complaint was received by the Wisconsin Elections Commission and has been resolved. Please see the attached Decision Letter for details.
EL 20-26 Bolter v. Milwaukee Elections Commission, et al
The attached complaint was received by the Wisconsin Elections Commission. It has not yet been resolved.
EL 20-25 (Williams et al. v. Milwaukee Elections Commission, et al.)
This complaint against the Milwaukee Election Commission was returned without prejudice pursuant to Wis. Admin. Code § EL 20.04(3), as it is not sufficient to form because the complainants are not residents of the city of Milwaukee.
EL 20-23 Hunt v. Findley, et al (2)
The attached complaint was received by the Wisconsin Elections Commission and later withdrawn. It is considered resolved.
EL 20-21 Seaman, et al v. Noe, et al – Town of Omro
The attached complaint was received by the Wisconsin Elections Commission on October 20, 2020. It was reviewed by the Commission and the attached decision letter was issued on January 7, 2021. Based upon the review and analysis, the Commission finds that the Town of Omro did not substantively
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).