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Feb 27 2025
No, there are not almost 8 million registered voters on Wisconsin’s voter rolls
Recently, there have been false claims alleging that Wisconsin has 8 million registered voters, far more than Wisconsin’s estimated voting age population in 2024 of around 4.7 million. The truth is that the number of active registered voters in Wisconsin fluctuates daily as people register or as...
Nov 14 2024
Post-Election Information Voters Should Know
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...
No, More Than 100% Of Voters In Certain Milwaukee Wards Did Not Turn Out To Vote
There can never be more voters who cast a ballot in a jurisdiction than there are voters who are registered to vote in that jurisdiction, once a final number of registered voters for that jurisdiction has been calculated. Calculating turnout after Election Day can suffer from numerous pitfalls...
Type A Notice of April 1, 2025 Spring Election and Other Important Information
The Type A Notice of the Spring Election to be held on April 1, 2025, contains all state level and judicial offices to be elected throughout the state. Please note that an earlier memo had an incorrect deadline to publish the Type A notice. The Type A notice needs to be published on or before...
Nov 25 2024
Are absentee ballots that arrive after 8 p.m. on Election Day still able to be counted?
No, only absentee ballots received by the municipal clerk by 8 p.m. on Election Day are counted. Wisconsin is what is called an “in-hand” ballot state. This means postmarks on return absentee ballots are irrelevant. The absentee ballot must be in the hands of the proper election official by 8 p.m...