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Starting today, election officials and voters across Wisconsin will notice a new look and feel for the Wisconsin Elections Commission website. The URL – elections.wi.gov – remains the same, but the updated site is intended to be easier to use for both the state’s 1,800-plus election clerks and for...

On April 15, 2022, the Wisconsin Supreme Court, in Johnson v. Wisconsin Elections Commission, adopted state legislative district maps drawn by the Wisconsin Legislature after the United States Supreme Court, in Wisconsin Legislature, et al. v. Wisconsin Elections Commission, et al. and Glenn...

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Elections Commission today reminds voters to be ready for the Spring Election on Tuesday, April 5, 2022. Voters can check their registration status and find their polling place on the MyVote Wisconsin website. Voters who are planning to go to the polls on Tuesday should...

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Elections Commission is pleased to report to the Legislature this week that it has fully implemented many of the nonpartisan Legislative Audit Bureau’s recommendations to improve election administration and that the six-member, bi-partisan Commission has considered all...

Things to Know for the April 5, 2022 Spring Election MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Elections Commission today released its list of the top things Wisconsin voters should know for the quickly approaching Spring Election on Tuesday, April 5, 2022. Check with your municipal clerk regarding rules for...

MADISON - The Wisconsin Elections Commission on Friday released a report to dispel some of the many inaccuracies and misrepresentations included in Special Counsel Michael Gableman’s Second Interim Report. The WEC report includes some of the major inaccurate claims included in the Special Counsel...

MADISON, WI - Transparency is the backbone of the Wisconsin Elections Commission in that all our decisions are made fully in public and require bipartisan agreement. Special Counsel Gableman’s report is based upon mischaracterizations of Wisconsin election statutes and administration, and therefore...

Members of the bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission and agency leadership on Wednesday, Dec. 1 met for more than 10 hours and addressed all 30 recommendations included in the Legislative Audit Bureau’s October report on administration of the state’s 2020 presidential election. The Commission...

MADISON, WI – The bipartisan Commissioners of the Wisconsin Elections Commission said Wednesday they plan to address the recent findings of the Legislative Audit Bureau’s report on the November 2020 election at their Dec. 1 meeting. WEC officials said they continue to work through a detailed review...

Statement from WEC Commissioners regarding Racine County Sheriff’s Department Press Conference MADISON - The undersigned commissioners who serve on the bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission stated their opposition to, and strenuous disagreement with the allegations made Thursday in a press...

WISCONSIN ELECTIONS COMMISSION PRESS RELEASE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22 Officials at the Wisconsin Elections Commission said they were pleased to learn Friday morning that the Legislative Audit Bureau’s months-long investigation of the November 2020 general election confirmed the election was accurate, safe...

MADISON, WI – The Wisconsin Elections Commission announced today it has deactivated more than 205,000 voter registrations through two separate voter list maintenance processes. “The first group of more than 174,000 voters we deactivated have not voted in the past four years and did not respond to a...

MADISON, WI – Representative Janel Brandtjen recently issued a statement alleging that “tens of thousands of new registrations and votes cast by individuals whose driver’s license number, name, and date of birth did not match and were subsequently removed from the state system after their votes were...

MADISON, WI – The State of Wisconsin is mailing more notification postcards – this time to approximately 97,700 registered voters who may have moved within or out of Wisconsin. “We want voters to be prepared for elections in 2022,” said Meagan Wolfe, Wisconsin’s chief elections official. “This...

MADISON, WI – The State of Wisconsin is mailing postcards this week to approximately 186,900 registered voters who have not voted in the past four years. “The postcards are titled Official Voter Registration Notice,” said Meagan Wolfe, Wisconsin’s chief election official. “State law requires the...

MADISON, WI – The Wisconsin Elections Commission will discuss four reports involving suspected voter fraud and election integrity in 2020 and 2021 elections when it meets on June 2. “Election officials and law enforcement across Wisconsin work together proactively to prevent, identify and prosecute...

MADISON, WI – The Wisconsin Elections Commission has unanimously approved mailing postcards in mid-June to approximately 187,750 registered voters who have not voted in the past four years. “This biennial postcard mailing approved by the Commission is just one of the many things Wisconsin election...

MADISON, WI – Meagan Wolfe, administrator of the Wisconsin Elections Commission, issued a statement following the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s decision in Zignego v. Wisconsin Elections Commission: The Wisconsin Elections Commission has just received the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s decision and is still...

MADISON, WI – The Wisconsin Elections Commission today reminds voters to be ready for the Spring Election on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Voters can check their registration and find their polling place on the mobile-friendly MyVote Wisconsin website. Voters who are planning to go to the polls on Tuesday...

MADISON, WI – Wisconsin voters who are voting absentee by mail must act soon, according to the Wisconsin Elections Commission. “More than 390,000 Wisconsin voters have requested absentee ballots by mail, but less than 96,000 have been recorded as returned,” said Meagan Wolfe, administrator for the...