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MADISON, WI – More than 330,000 voters statewide have already returned their absentee ballots for the August 11 Partisan Primary, according to the Wisconsin Elections Commission. As of Monday morning, 836,469 absentee ballot applications have been reported received by municipal clerks. Those clerks...

MADISON, WI – The Wisconsin Elections Commission has approved spending $7.2 million in federal CARES Act funding, including a $4.1 million block grant program to help local election officials and voters prepare for Fall 2020 elections amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “Wisconsin voters and election...

MADISON, WI – Wisconsin candidates for state and federal offices who still need to file nomination papers by June 1 will do so at a temporary location on the UW-Madison campus. Starting Tuesday, May 26, candidates will file paperwork at Varsity Hall at Union South, located at 1308 W. Dayton St...

MADISON, WI – Wisconsin election officials are busy preparing for fall elections based on the experience of serving a record number of absentee voters in Wisconsin’s April 7 Spring Election and Presidential Preference Primary, according to a new report from the Wisconsin Elections Commission. The...

MADISON, WI – More than 69,000 voters in Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District have already returned their absentee ballots for the Special Election on May 12, according to the Wisconsin Elections Commission. As of Friday morning, 110,921 absentee ballot applications have been reported received by...

MADISON, WI – More than 93,000 voters in Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District have requested absentee ballots for the Special Election on May 12, according to the Wisconsin Elections Commission. As of Thursday morning, 93,207 absentee ballot applications have been reported received by Wisconsin...

MADISON, WI – The Wisconsin Elections Commission strongly urges anyone who is concerned about Coronavirus COVID-19 exposure to make plans now to vote absentee for the May 12 Special Election in Congressional District 7. “If they are concerned about going to the polls on Election Day, registered...

MADISON, WI – Wisconsin’s Spring Primary and Presidential Primary will occur on Tuesday, April 7, and all absentee ballots must be turned in or postmarked on Election Day as a result of decisions Monday by the Wisconsin Supreme Court and United States Supreme Court. The Wisconsin Supreme Court...

MADISON, WI – Wisconsin voters have requested well in excess of 1 million absentee ballots as the state prepares to hold the April 7 election, according to the Wisconsin Elections Commission. As of Wednesday morning, 1,053,556 absentee applications have been received by Wisconsin municipal clerks...

MADISON, WI – An independent mailing to Wisconsin voters encouraging them to request absentee ballots is causing confusion, according to the Wisconsin Elections Commission. The confusing mailer comes from the “Center for Voter Information,” which has a return mail address in Madison but is related...

MADISON, WI – Wisconsin residents who need to register to vote for the April 7 Spring Election can now use MyVote.WI.gov to register online until March 30, according to the Wisconsin Elections Commission. Voters must be registered before they can request an absentee ballot, so reopening online...

MADISON, WI – Wisconsin voters continue requesting absentee ballots at a record pace with concerns about Coronavirus COVID-19, according to the Wisconsin Elections Commission. As of Tuesday morning, 554,116 absentee applications have been received by Wisconsin municipal clerks, compared to 482,740...

MADISON, WI – The State of Wisconsin is calling on residents willing to serve as poll workers in their counties for the April 7 election to replace older poll workers who are unable to serve due to health concerns and the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. Wisconsin has approximately 30,000 poll workers...

Please see the attached letter from Meagan Wolfe, Wisconsin’s Chief Elections Official, to Governor Tony Evers regarding immediate needs for the April 7 Spring Election and Presidential Preference Primary.

MADISON, WI – Wisconsin voters are requesting absentee ballots at a record pace with concerns about Coronavirus COVID-19, according to the Wisconsin Elections Commission. As of Tuesday morning, more than 173,000 absentee applications have been received by Wisconsin municipal clerks. That exceeds...

MADISON, WI – The Wisconsin Elections Commission strongly urges anyone who is concerned about Coronavirus COVID-19 exposure to make plans now to vote absentee for the April 7 Spring Election and Presidential Preference Primary. “If you are worried about getting to the polls on Election Day, make...

MADISON, WI – At a special meeting today, the Wisconsin Elections Commission took two actions designed to deal with concerns about COVID-19 Coronavirus in advance of the April 7 Spring Election and Presidential Preference Primary and the May 12 Special Election in Congressional District 7. Governor...

MADISON, WI – The Wisconsin Elections Commission has referred cases of suspected cross-state voting in November 2018 to district attorneys in 19 Wisconsin counties. The 43 criminal referrals represent 0.002% of the 2,688,473 ballots cast in the November 2018 General Election in Wisconsin. Wis. Stat...