Poll Workers

Webinar for Clerks, Chief Inspectors and Poll Workers Absentee Management Poll Book Management Wednesday, September 16, 2020 ★see webinar: ▶ Click here This webinar provides election workers with training on the proper maintenance of the poll books on Election Day, how to read the absentee...

With higher expected turnout for the November General Election, it is vital that municipal clerks work towards recruiting additional election inspectors. To help municipal clerks with their election inspector or poll worker recruitment ahead of the November 3, 2020 General Election, the WEC has...

Due to the recent ruling by the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in the One Wisconsin Institute case, several changes to election law are now in place. Several of these changes impact election day procedures for voter registration and photo ID. We have created an information sheet that should be...

WEC staff have received questions regarding the use of face coverings while voting or conducting elections. This document provides information about many of the common questions we have received and was developed with guidance from State of Wisconsin public health officials and information available...

First and foremost, I’d like to extend my sincere thanks to all Wisconsin clerks for all of their hard work and dedication to ensuring that Wisconsin elections remain free, fair, efficient, accessible, and safe in an extremely challenging election year. Wisconsin Elections Commission staff is doing...

Webinar for Clerks, Chief Inspectors and Poll Workers Preparing for the August Partisan Primary Wednesday, June 22, ★see webinar: ▶ Click here In a partisan primary, electors vote by party to qualify candidates for the November General Election. Some voters may take issue with voting by party...

Webinar for Clerks, Chief Inspectors and Poll Workers Best Practices from the Spring Elections Wednesday, May 6, 2020: 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. ★see webinar: ▶ See Webinar Our first post-election webinar! We will review everything we learned over the last four months and share some best practices...

In the last few days, multiple court decisions have addressed the witness requirement for absentee voters who wish to vote by mail for the April 7, 2020 election. The end result of those decisions is that the witness requirement remains in effect for the Spring Election. This memorandum provides an...

Clerks who are seeking to train chief inspectors and poll workers in the short period of time before the April 7, 2020 Spring Election and Presidential Preference Primary have a variety of topical online and updated training resources available to them. We suggest clerks train their election workers...

Updated 9/01/2020 for the November General Election Attached please find a sample news release that clerks are encouraged to use to put out the call for election inspectors. Please feel free to customize it with your own name, your mayor, village president or town board chair's name, or whoever you...