Wisconsin Municipal Clerks

Upcoming Absentee Deadlines – April 2, 2024, Spring Election and Presidential Preference Vote

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

The attached memo outlines important absentee ballot deadlines for the upcoming April 2, 2024, Spring Election and Presidential Preference Vote. These procedures are required by the federal Uniformed and Overseas Absentee Voters Act (UOCAVA) and Wis. Stat. §§ 7.10(3) and 7.15(1)(cm). Please review...

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Commission Approves Revised Uniform Absentee Ballot Instructions

Wednesday, December 27, 2023

View the revised Uniform Instructions (EL-128, 128cc, 128u) on the Forms page. 1. Summary. The Wisconsin Elections Commission voted unanimously to approve revised Uniform Absentee Ballot Instructions (“Uniform Instructions”) on December 19, 2023. The approved Uniform Instructions are attached to...

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2023 ERIC Movers Review Process - Quarter 4

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

1. Background. In 2021 the WEC began a quarterly Movers review and mailing process in which postcards are mailed to Wisconsin residents who were identified as potentially moving. As part of Wisconsin’s membership in the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC), the WEC is required to...

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Recent Advisory Opinions of the Commission

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Introduction: WEC staff and Commissioners have recently seen an influx of requests for advisory opinions. The agency now has a webpage devoted to the decisions of the six-member Commission in these matters. This communication is meant to direct your attention to that webpage, summarize the recent...

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Election Official Training Requirements and Resources

Monday, December 18, 2023

Clerks who are seeking training for their own certification and their election officials before the end of the current 2022-2023 training term have a variety of topical online training resources available to them. If needed, we suggest clerks train their election workers using the online training...

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National Mail Voter Registration Form – Follow Up to September 15, 2023, Communication

Wednesday, November 8, 2023

1. Summary. The National Mail Voter Registration Form (“National Form”) has been prescribed for use in Wisconsin to register UOCAVA voters under limited circumstances. This is a clarification and expansion of the September 15, 2023, Clerk Communication found here: https://elections.wi.gov/memo...

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Clerk Guidance Concerning Ballot Timeline for the April 2024 Spring Election and Presidential Preference Primary

Monday, November 6, 2023

Wis. Stat. § 7.15(1)(cm) requires a ballot be sent to each voter with an active absentee request on file 47 days prior to the Presidential Preference Primary. This scenario only occurs every four years, in a Presidential election year, when the Spring non-partisan election is paired with the...

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Subject Lines When Emailing State Agencies

Thursday, November 2, 2023

We recently learned that the Division of Enterprise Technology is blocking email with the words “Train/Training” and/or “Require/Requirement” in the subject line. This is in response to a recent email phishing campaign that flooded state mailboxes with malicious emails. Unfortunately, this means...

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2024-2025 Calendar of Election Events Finalized

Thursday, October 26, 2023

Please click this link to see the 2024-2025 Calendar of Election Events 1. Background The final version of the clerk-reviewed 2024-2025 Calendar of Election Events is ready for use. It includes dates and deadlines from November 2023 through January 2025 and is a valuable tool for election officials...

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2024-2025 Calendar of Election Events

Monday, October 9, 2023

This communication is to announce that the 2023-2024 Calendar of Election Events is now available for clerk review. Clerks need to submit comments to @email by 10/16/2023. The updated calendar includes deadlines from November 2023 through January 2025 , and is a valuable tool for election...

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