How Many Signature are Needed for a School Board Recall?
Overview When a member of the community files The Intent to Circulate a Recall Petition, the filing officer needs to follow up with the number of signatures needed to trigger a recall (25% of the votes cast in the most recent governor's race in the district, Wis. Stat. §9.10(1)(b)). In school...
Jan 31 2023
Were recount observers prevented from seeing ballots and envelopes?
Some observers at the recounts held in Dane and Milwaukee counties have complained that they were unable to get close enough to the workers to see everything they were doing, and for that reason, those ballots should not be counted. State law that governs recounts allows candidates and their...
How many people are on Wisconsin’s voter list?
The number of active registered voters fluctuates as people register or as they are moved from the active list to the inactive list by their municipal clerks, ranging between 3.4 million to 3.7 million. As of August 2021, there are 3.5 million active registered voters. Only active registered voters...
Why did so many absentee ballots at the recount have the same initials on them?
The initials some recount observers saw on ballots are municipal clerk’s employees, not voters. The clerk or deputy clerk is required to initial the absentee ballot before issuing it to the voter, so it is natural that many of them all have the same set of initials. Unfortunately, recount observers...
Can third-party groups design Wisconsin’s ballots?
No. Wisconsin State Statute 7.10 explicitly gives the responsibility of preparing, printing, and distributing ballots to county clerks, based on templates developed and approved by the Wisconsin Elections Commission for each election cycle. Ballot templates are approved by the Commission at a public...
Are Wisconsin’s electronic poll books connected to the Internet?
No, Wisconsin’s Badger Books epollbook system is not connected to the internet. The Wisconsin Elections Commission, which created the software for Badger Books, designed the system with cybersecurity as a top priority. Badger Books are an electronic poll book system available to Wisconsin’s...
What did the WEC tell clerks about fixing problems with witness addresses on absentee ballot certificates?
Clerks are not required by state law to contact voters who submit absentee ballots with signatures or addresses missing from the certificate, but the WEC and its predecessor agencies have long advised clerks to attempt to contact voters to correct these kinds of problems if they can before the...