Archived Clerk Communications

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...

The Wisconsin Elections Commission determined on June 24, 2020 that Special Voting Deputies (SVDs) will not be dispatched to nursing homes and care facilities to administer voting for the remaining elections in 2020. Residents of facilities normally served by SVDs will instead be mailed absentee...

The Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) has been advised that a voter registration mailing will start arriving in Wisconsin on July 6, 2020. The mailing is from the Center for Voter Information (CVI) and the Voter Participation Center (VPC), which are nonprofit voter registration groups that are...

Polling places are required to be established by the governing body at least 30 days prior to each election. Wis. Stat. § 5.25(3). The deadline for the adoption of polling place plans for the August 11, 2020 Partisan Primary is July 12, 2020 and all plans must be finalized by that date. For the...

On June 30, 2020 WEC sent a clerk communication and RAVE alert to clerks regarding the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling. We have since received updated legal advice that this order is not yet in effect. The Wisconsin Department of Justice has updated their guidance and advised us that the Court...

Please see the updated Clerk Communication memo regarding the implementation of this court ruling. On June 29, 2020 the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals issued its ruling in the One Wisconsin Institute case that had been on appeal since 2016. WEC staff are in contact with the Wisconsin Department of...

The Wisconsin Elections Commission today directed that municipal clerks shall not send Special Voting Deputies (SVDs) into care facilities for the remaining elections in 2020. The Commission directed that local election officials shall instead mail an absentee ballot to those registered voters who...

Webinars for New or Current WisVote Users Absentee Voting by Mail Enhancements Monday, June 15, 2020 2:30 p.m – 4:00 p.m ★see recorded webinar: ▶ TLC Link Three webinars to introduce the enhancements to the Absentee Vote by Mail process will be conducted to accommodate differing clerk work schedules...

Municipal and County Clerk Partners: Today, the Commission passed the following three motions regarding the spending plan for the federal 2020 CARES Act Grant funds for elections. More detailed information about each item will be forthcoming, but we did want to let you know right away so that you...