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MADISON – On Friday, Feb. 7, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled in a unanimous decision in the case of Wisconsin Elections Commission v. Devin LeMahieu, finding in favor of the Commission by affirming an order from Dane County Circuit Court Judge Ann M. Peacock that concluded Administrator Meagan...

MADISON, WI – Key deadlines are rapidly approaching for eligible Wisconsin voters seeking to cast an absentee ballot before the Feb. 18 Spring Primary, according to the Wisconsin Elections Commission. Starting on Tuesday, Feb. 4 – two weeks before Election Day – clerks can begin to issue in-person...

MADISON – The Wisconsin Elections Commission is gearing up for a Jan. 14 meeting where commissioners will review the sufficiency of submitted candidate materials to determine whether state-level candidates will be placed on the ballot for the Spring Primary and/or Spring Election. Tuesday, Jan. 7 at...

As the new year begins, the 2025 Spring Election is quickly approaching. Candidates have until Tuesday, January 7 at 5 p.m. to file nomination papers and other materials to get on the ballot for the February 18 Spring Primary and/or April 1 Spring Election. During a January 2 public meeting of the...

MADISON – The Wisconsin Elections Commission issued the following statement regarding the hearing this afternoon in Republican Party of Wisconsin v. Tony Evers: The WEC hopes for a quick resolution to this straightforward case. The federal Electoral Count Reform Act requires Wisconsin’s presidential...

MADISON – The results of the 2024 General Election are now official after Wisconsin Elections Commission Chair Ann Jacobs publicly canvassed them Friday morning. The signing of the canvass statements is the last major step of Wisconsin’s certification process. The results of all state-level and...

MADISON – On Friday morning, Wisconsin Elections Commission Chair Ann Jacobs will canvass the results of the November General Election. The signing of the canvass statements is the last major step of Wisconsin’s certification process. Once the canvass statements are signed by the chair, the results...

MADISON – On Monday, Nov. 18, the Wisconsin Supreme Court will meet to hear oral arguments on Wisconsin Elections Commission v. Devin LeMahieu, Case Number 24AP351. This case is before the Supreme Court to review an order of the Dane County Circuit Court, Judge Ann M. Peacock, presiding, that...

MADISON – The Wisconsin Elections Commission has received verified canvass statements from all 72 counties after accepting the final verified county canvass statement Monday afternoon. A spreadsheet of the unofficial results from all state-level and federal contests based on the verified county...

MADISON – All 72 of Wisconsin’s counties have posted their complete, unofficial results on their websites and now election officials at the municipal, county, and state levels are conducting the certification process, a weeks-long review stage that will ultimately result in the final, official...

MADISON – The 2024 General Election is almost here! The Wisconsin Elections Commission is providing the following reminders for voters: 1. If you’re planning to go to the polls on Tuesday, you can check the WEC’s MyVote.wi.gov website to verify your registration status, find your polling place, see...

MADISON – Due to the high interest in covering Wisconsin’s General Election on Nov. 5, 2024, the Wisconsin Elections Commission Public Information Office is issuing this advisory and highlighting points from its Election Administration and Election Day Manuals for news reporters and photographers...

On Oct. 28, 2024, Wisconsin Elections Commission Chair Ann Jacobs and Immediate Past Chair Don Millis sent a letter to U.S. Representative Bryan Steil in response to his Oct. 24 letter to Commissioners containing questions regarding Limited Term and Non-Domiciled Identification Cards.

MADISON – The Wisconsin Elections Commission on Friday is reminding voters about the need to be cautious when receiving or responding to communications purporting to represent official voting information about the upcoming Nov. 5 General Election. The WEC has heard recently from concerned voters and...

MADISON – Wisconsin’s local election officials reported minimal delays with absentee label printing times on Friday, according to the Wisconsin Elections Commission. The WEC on Thursday began conducting regular refreshes of the computer function that clerks use to print labels for absentee...

MADISON – The Wisconsin Elections Commission on Friday reported a nearly 40 percent increase in in-person absentee voting (IPAV) compared to the same timeframe in 2020, as IPAV got underway in Wisconsin this week. Further, as of Friday morning, nearly 1 million total absentee ballots have been...

MADISON – On Thursday morning the Wisconsin Elections Commission received reports from some local election officials who continued to experience delays affecting the system they use to print absentee certificate envelope labels. The continued print time delays followed a system update that was...

MADISON – The Wisconsin Elections Commission is reminding media members that the window for public testing of electronic voting equipment for the Nov. 5 General Election starts on Saturday, Oct. 26. The test provides an opportunity in communities across Wisconsin for the public to witness firsthand...

Madison – The Wisconsin Elections Commission is aware of reports that some municipal clerks are continuing to experience slowness when printing labels that can be placed on the outside of in-person absentee certificate envelopes. WEC staff learned Wednesday that the system delay is not just...

MADISON – Due to higher than expected turnout for the first day of in-person absentee voting, the WisVote system that some clerks use experienced a period of slowness that has now been resolved. Clerks use WisVote to print a label that can be placed on the outside of in-person absentee certificate...