Clerk Communications

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...