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MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Elections Commission today reminds voters to be ready for the upcoming Partisan Primary on Tuesday, August 9, 2022. Here’s what voters should know: 1. Contact your clerk regarding questions about returning your absentee ballot. In July, the Wisconsin Supreme Court in...

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Elections Commission on Thursday assured voters across Wisconsin that voting absentee remains a secure and reliable way to vote following isolated attempts by individuals to submit fraudulent absentee ballot requests to “demonstrate” a perceived flaw in the MyVote...

The Wisconsin Elections Commission today is reminding media members that the window for public testing of electronic voting equipment for the Aug. 9 Partisan Primary starts on Saturday, July 30. The test provides an opportunity in communities across Wisconsin for the public to witness firsthand how...

The Wisconsin Elections Commission issued the below statement following reports of unlawful and isolated attempts to obtain absentee ballots via MyVote, Wisconsin’s public facing online voter registration and information website: There is no indication of any vulnerability with the MyVote...

MADISON – Following Administrator Wolfe’s media availability on Thursday, July 14, the WEC provided clarification regarding Administrator Wolfe’s comments in response to a reporter’s question about whether someone may return an absentee ballot by mail on an elector’s behalf. Administrator Wolfe’s...

Members of the Wisconsin Elections Commission have not yet met to discuss the recent vote of the Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules suspending the WEC’s 2022 emergency rule regarding missing or incorrect witness information on absentee ballot certificate envelopes. According to...

Starting today, election officials and voters across Wisconsin will notice a new look and feel for the Wisconsin Elections Commission website. The URL – elections.wi.gov – remains the same, but the updated site is intended to be easier to use for both the state’s 1,800-plus election clerks and for...

On April 15, 2022, the Wisconsin Supreme Court, in Johnson v. Wisconsin Elections Commission, adopted state legislative district maps drawn by the Wisconsin Legislature after the United States Supreme Court, in Wisconsin Legislature, et al. v. Wisconsin Elections Commission, et al. and Glenn...

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Elections Commission today reminds voters to be ready for the Spring Election on Tuesday, April 5, 2022. Voters can check their registration status and find their polling place on the MyVote Wisconsin website. Voters who are planning to go to the polls on Tuesday should...

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Elections Commission is pleased to report to the Legislature this week that it has fully implemented many of the nonpartisan Legislative Audit Bureau’s recommendations to improve election administration and that the six-member, bi-partisan Commission has considered all...

Things to Know for the April 5, 2022 Spring Election MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Elections Commission today released its list of the top things Wisconsin voters should know for the quickly approaching Spring Election on Tuesday, April 5, 2022. Check with your municipal clerk regarding rules for...

MADISON - The Wisconsin Elections Commission on Friday released a report to dispel some of the many inaccuracies and misrepresentations included in Special Counsel Michael Gableman’s Second Interim Report. The WEC report includes some of the major inaccurate claims included in the Special Counsel...

MADISON, WI - Transparency is the backbone of the Wisconsin Elections Commission in that all our decisions are made fully in public and require bipartisan agreement. Special Counsel Gableman’s report is based upon mischaracterizations of Wisconsin election statutes and administration, and therefore...

Members of the bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission and agency leadership on Wednesday, Dec. 1 met for more than 10 hours and addressed all 30 recommendations included in the Legislative Audit Bureau’s October report on administration of the state’s 2020 presidential election. The Commission...

MADISON, WI – The bipartisan Commissioners of the Wisconsin Elections Commission said Wednesday they plan to address the recent findings of the Legislative Audit Bureau’s report on the November 2020 election at their Dec. 1 meeting. WEC officials said they continue to work through a detailed review...

Statement from WEC Commissioners regarding Racine County Sheriff’s Department Press Conference MADISON - The undersigned commissioners who serve on the bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission stated their opposition to, and strenuous disagreement with the allegations made Thursday in a press...

WISCONSIN ELECTIONS COMMISSION PRESS RELEASE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22 Officials at the Wisconsin Elections Commission said they were pleased to learn Friday morning that the Legislative Audit Bureau’s months-long investigation of the November 2020 general election confirmed the election was accurate, safe...

MADISON, WI – The Wisconsin Elections Commission announced today it has deactivated more than 205,000 voter registrations through two separate voter list maintenance processes. “The first group of more than 174,000 voters we deactivated have not voted in the past four years and did not respond to a...

MADISON, WI – Representative Janel Brandtjen recently issued a statement alleging that “tens of thousands of new registrations and votes cast by individuals whose driver’s license number, name, and date of birth did not match and were subsequently removed from the state system after their votes were...

MADISON, WI – The State of Wisconsin is mailing more notification postcards – this time to approximately 97,700 registered voters who may have moved within or out of Wisconsin. “We want voters to be prepared for elections in 2022,” said Meagan Wolfe, Wisconsin’s chief elections official. “This...