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Training Report We have posted the Municipal Clerk Training Report in advance of the December 31, 2025, deadline so that clerks can see the number of training hours they have reported so far this term, as of January 1, 2025. The report will be updated monthly until November, when it will be updated...

2023 Wisconsin Act 124 was enacted on March 21, 2024, for the purposes of renumbering and amending Wis. Stat. § 5.25(3). Primarily, this provision of statute was meant to detail the extent to which emergency designations and closures of polling places could occur. Many clerks were already aware that...

The Wisconsin Elections Commission is offering extended hours in support of municipalities and counties for the Spring Election on April 1, 2025. Please use the contact information provided below to contact staff during extended hours. Phone and email support will be provided on the following dates...

Summary. Beginning on April 1, 2025, judicial officers (judges) and certain immediate family members have the right to request that specific personally identifiable information be kept confidential. This memorandum specifically addresses the protection of voter and candidate information...

The attached memorandum provides an update regarding recent funding cuts for election related services supported by the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). Specifically, all federal funding was cut for the Election Infrastructure...

Webinar for New or Current WisVote Users WEC Postcards: WisVote webinar series Tuesday, February 22, 2022 ★see webinar: ▶ TLC The Commission sends voter postcards for several reasons and with several unique formats, for reasons of verification to performing list maintenance. This webinar covers all...

At this link, https://elections.wi.gov/draft-rule-chapter-19-confidentiality-judicial…, is a draft Economic Impact Analysis (EIA) and a draft rule order for an administrative rule proposed by the Wisconsin Elections Commission. The rule proposes to carry...

The Wisconsin Elections Commission needs your assistance in ensuring the clerk contact records we have in WisVote reflect our current municipal clerks and their contact information. Background: As you are aware, turnover is common amongst municipal clerks and therefore our records become outdated...

On March 7, 2025, the Wisconsin Elections Commission (“the Commission”) voted unanimously to direct staff to prepare a statewide Clerk Communication detailing best practices for handling, processing, and counting absentee ballots ahead of the April 1, 2025, Spring Election. This motion was passed as...