Reports

2019 WEC Internal Control Plan

Annually, the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) is required to adopt written policies and procedures to govern its internal operations, pursuant to Wis. Stat. s. 5.05 (16) (a). Attached is WEC’s 2019 approved Internal Control Plan, which describes the agency’s internal operations. Control
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2020 Post-Election Voting Equipment Audit Final Report

2020 Post-Election Voting Equipment Audit Results Summary Over six days in November, county and municipal clerks directed the hand tally auditing of more than 145,000 ballots from the November 2020 General Election. The findings of the 2020 Post-Election Voting Equipment Audit showed that there was
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April 7, 2020 Absentee Voting Report

This report to the Wisconsin Elections Commission was presented at the May 20, 2020, WEC meeting. Exhibit A contains detailed statistics on the numbers of absentee ballots for the April 7, 2020 Spring Election, as well as past elections.
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2019 Impediments Faced by Elderly Voters and Voters with Disabilities

Executive Summary In 1999, Wis. Stat. 5.25(4)(d) was amended to require the state elections agency to submit a report on impediments to voting faced by elderly voters and voters with disabilities to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3). The statute also requires
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Election Security Planning Reports

The Wisconsin Elections Commission has worked to examine all aspects of security in relation to Wisconsin’s election administration technology and laws and drafted a comprehensive plan to document the coordination between the WEC and other election security partners. Wisconsin’s election systems are
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2018 Post-Election Voting Equipment Audit Final Report

Post-Election Voting Equipment Audit Introduction Wis. Stat. § 7.08(6) is the state embodiment of § 301(a)(5) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA). Wis. Stat. § 7.08(6), which requires the Wisconsin Elections Commission (“WEC”) to audit each voting system that is used in this state following
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