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 20-15 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.
EL 20-13 Tietz v. City of Milwaukee Election Commission
Ms. Tietz requested that the Commission close this matter without issuing a decision, essentially withdrawing her complaint from further consideration.
EL 20-11 Luebben v Lynch Complaint (withdrawn)
This complaint was withdrawn, so the Wisconsin Elections Commission took no action.