NOTICE OF OPEN AND CLOSED MEETING
Wisconsin Elections Commission
Special Meeting
Tuesday, December 19, 2023, 11:00 A.M.
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NOTE: Commission Secretary is a role to which one of the Commission's six members is appointed. This Commission member is responsible for signing off on the Commission's official meeting minutes. It does not refer to the WEC Administrator or any other member of staff.
OPEN AND CLOSED SESSION AGENDA
A. Call to Order
B. Administrator’s Report of Appropriate Meeting Notice
C. Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes
1. November 2, 2023
D. Discussion and Appointment of Commission Secretary
E. Discussion, Review, and Possible Action Pertaining to Ballot Templates for Spring 2024 Primary and Election, and Communication of Preliminary Ballot Order to County Clerks
F. Discussion, Review, and Possible Action Pertaining to the Uniform Instructions for Wisconsin Absentee Voters
G. Review and Potential Action on the Election Observer Draft Administrative Rule
H. Consideration and Possible Action Pertaining to the Waiver of the Delegation of Authority and Commission Determinations on Wis. Stat. § 5.06 Complaints
1. Matt Roeser v. Celestine Jeffreys (EL 22-37)
2. Eugene Wojciechowski v. Rebecca Grill (EL 22-58)
3. Dawn M. Martin v. Rebecca Grill (EL 23-38)
I. Commission Consideration and Possible Action on Existing Ballot Return Guidance Document
J. Commission Discussion and Possible Action on Administrative Rules
1. Declaration of Candidacy Challenges (ss 089-23 and 090-23)
2. Nomination Paper Challenges (ss 091-233 and 092-23)
3. Mandatory Use of Uniform Instructions for Absentee Voting (ss 093-23 and 094-23)
K. Discussion, Review, and Possible Action Pertaining to the Election Administration, Election Day, Caucus, and SVD Manuals for County and Municipal Clerks
L. Closed Session
1. Advisory Opinion Consideration and Potential Action
2. Wis. Stat. § 5.05 Complaints
3. Litigation Update and Consideration of Potential Litigation
4. Closed Session Minutes Approval
§ 19.85(1)(f) – Considering financial, medical, social or personal histories or disciplinary data of specific persons, preliminary consideration of specific personnel problems or the investigation of charges against specific persons except where par. (b) applies which, if discussed in public, would be likely to have a substantial adverse effect upon the reputation of any person referred to in such histories or data, or involved in such problems or investigations.
§ 19.85(1)(g) – The Commission may confer in closed session with legal counsel for the governmental body who is rendering oral or written advice concerning strategy to be adopted by the body with respect to litigation in which it is or is likely to become involved.
§ 19.85(1)(h) – Consideration of requests for confidential written advice from the elections commission under s. 5.05 (6a) or the ethics commission under s. 19.46 (2), or from any county or municipal ethics board under s. 19.59 (5).
§ 19.851 – The Commission’s deliberations concerning an investigation of any violation of the law under the jurisdiction of the Commission shall be in closed session.
M. Adjourn