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The municipal clerk is the clerk for the City, Village or Town in Wisconsin where you reside. If you do not know who your municipal clerk is, or where the clerk's office is located, please use the MyVote Wisconsin website: myvote.wi.gov to locate your clerk's contact information. You can also find...

Who can Request an Absentee Ballot?

Organization of the Agency The Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) is responsible for administering Wisconsin’s election laws. The bipartisan Commission has six appointed members: four by Legislative leaders and two by the Governor. The nonpartisan WEC staff is organized under the Administrator, who holds “state public office” as defined in state statutes.

How do I become a poll worker? If you are interested in becoming a poll worker, there are two ways to be nominated: either through a nomination from the Democratic or Republican Party or by applying directly to your town, village or city clerk. If you are active in a political party, you can be...

The Wisconsin Elections Commission encourages every eligible citizen to vote and to become involved in the election process. One of the most rewarding ways to do this is to become an Election Day poll worker (also known as an election inspector). Citizen involvement is essential to conduct open...

Administrator Meagan Wolfe testified at the November 9 meeting of the Join Legislative Audit Committee. Please see the posted attachment for the written testimony.

The WEC was not involved in municipalities applying for or receiving private grant funds. WEC did not inform clerks about the private grants and did not promote them. Acceptance of grant funds by a municipality is a municipal decision that is subject to a municipality’s approval structure, be it by the clerk’s supervisor, mayor, City Council, or Town or Village Board. Whether statutes should regulate private election grants in the future is up to the Legislature to decide.

The issue of restricted access to facilities served by SVDs was not new in 2020, as other public health concerns, such as influenza and MRSA, have previously caused access issues. Clerks have always been advised to follow the statutory prescribed process of mailing ballots to voters normally served by SVDs if the voter, or facility, was not available for SVD visits. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated these situations, which had been sporadic in the past, but the process of mailing ballots to nursing home and care facility residents was not new for many clerks.

To view the training video for Opening the Polls, click here

To view the training video for Your Role as a Poll Worker click here.