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MADISON, WI – Wisconsin voters continue requesting absentee ballots at a record pace with concerns about Coronavirus COVID-19, according to the Wisconsin Elections Commission. As of Tuesday morning, 554,116 absentee applications have been received by Wisconsin municipal clerks, compared to 482,740...

MADISON, WI – The State of Wisconsin is calling on residents willing to serve as poll workers in their counties for the April 7 election to replace older poll workers who are unable to serve due to health concerns and the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. Wisconsin has approximately 30,000 poll workers...

Please see the attached letter from Meagan Wolfe, Wisconsin’s Chief Elections Official, to Governor Tony Evers regarding immediate needs for the April 7 Spring Election and Presidential Preference Primary.

MADISON, WI – Wisconsin voters are requesting absentee ballots at a record pace with concerns about Coronavirus COVID-19, according to the Wisconsin Elections Commission. As of Tuesday morning, more than 173,000 absentee applications have been received by Wisconsin municipal clerks. That exceeds...

MADISON, WI – The Wisconsin Elections Commission strongly urges anyone who is concerned about Coronavirus COVID-19 exposure to make plans now to vote absentee for the April 7 Spring Election and Presidential Preference Primary. “If you are worried about getting to the polls on Election Day, make...

MADISON, WI – At a special meeting today, the Wisconsin Elections Commission took two actions designed to deal with concerns about COVID-19 Coronavirus in advance of the April 7 Spring Election and Presidential Preference Primary and the May 12 Special Election in Congressional District 7. Governor...

MADISON, WI – The Wisconsin Elections Commission has referred cases of suspected cross-state voting in November 2018 to district attorneys in 19 Wisconsin counties. The 43 criminal referrals represent 0.002% of the 2,688,473 ballots cast in the November 2018 General Election in Wisconsin. Wis. Stat...

MADISON, WI – Meagan Wolfe, administrator of the Wisconsin Elections Commission, issued the following statement today following the Wisconsin Court of Appeals decision in favor of the state in the case involving the 2019 movers mailing: “We appreciate the Court of Appeals decision and will move...

Update 3:15 p.m. The MyVote Wisconsin website’s address lookup feature is working again, but there may be some delays. WEC technical staff identified a server's memory issue was the cause of the problem and are working to restore the system to full capacity. The fix required decommissioning a server...

MADISON, WI – The Wisconsin Elections Commission, Rock County and the Town of Fulton are partnering with Microsoft and VotingWorks to test new voting technology at the Spring Primary on Tuesday, February 18. Voters in the Town of Fulton will test a voting system that uses Microsoft’s new...

MADISON, WI – Voters across Wisconsin will have a Spring Primary for Supreme Court on Tuesday, February 18, while voters in the 7th Congressional District in Northern Wisconsin will also have a congressional primary, according to the Wisconsin Elections Commission. In addition, there will be 96...

MADISON, WI – The Wisconsin Elections Commission today is making public the “movers mailing list” containing names and addresses of more than 232,000 voters who may have moved in the past year. The Commission has directed staff to provide the list to anyone who has previously made a public records...

MADISON, WI – The Wisconsin Elections Commission today announced three decisions affecting candidates for the 2020 Spring Primary and Spring Election. The decisions approved by WEC Chair Dean Knudson state that a Milwaukee mayoral candidate and two Milwaukee County executive candidates will not be...

MADISON, WI –Wisconsin’s Presidential Preference Selection Committee today selected 14 Democrats and one Republican who will appear as candidates on the ballot for the Presidential Preference Vote on April 7, 2020. The committee, which has convened every four years since 1968, met in the State...

At a special meeting today, the Wisconsin Elections Commission did not pass any motion directing staff to take action on the movers mailing list. This means the Commission will await further direction from the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of Wisconsin. When those courts provide direction...

Due to continuing media and public interest in the status of the WEC's mailing to voters who may have moved, we are posting two spreadsheets. Please visit the link for background information about the mailing itself. The first spreadsheet ( Updated List Movers Mailings by Municipality.xlsx) is an...

MADISON, WI – A bipartisan nominating committee will decide in January which presidential candidates to put on the ballot for Wisconsin’s Presidential Preference Vote on April 7. At 11 a.m. on Tuesday, January 7, 2020, the committee comprised of Democratic and Republican Party representatives will...

The Wisconsin Elections Commission issued the following statement in response to Judge Malloy's ruling today in Timothy Zignego et al vs. Wisconsin Election Commission et al: "We will be analyzing the judge’s oral decision and consulting with the six members of the Wisconsin Elections Commission on...

MADISON, WI – The MyVote Wisconsin website will be offline for a few days for maintenance and upgrades starting Thursday, November 14. “We’re improving the MyVote website,” explained Meagan Wolfe, Wisconsin’s chief elections official. “We’ll be back online in a few days, ready for a busy 2020...

MADISON, WI – Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe issued the following comments today. The Wisconsin Elections Commission received a complaint this morning from the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty (WILL), and will respond directly to WILL in a timely manner. The...