City of Milwaukee Election Commission

Polling Place Plan Establishment for the August 11, 2020 Partisan Primary

Tuesday, July 7, 2020

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...

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Third Party Voter Registration Mailing: Center for Voter Information and Voter Participation Center

Tuesday, July 7, 2020

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...

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UPDATED at 4:45 PM on July 2, 2020: 7th Circuit Court Ruling in One Wisconsin Institute Case NOT YET IN EFFECT

Thursday, July 2, 2020

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...

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UPDATED: 7th Circuit Court of Appeals Ruling in One Wisconsin Institute Case

Tuesday, June 30, 2020

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...

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No Special Voting Deputies for the August 11, 2020 and November 3, 2020 Elections - COVID-19

Wednesday, June 24, 2020

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...

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Absentee Vote by Mail Enhancements Webinars ★

Monday, June 8, 2020

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...

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May 27 Elections Commission Meeting Update

Thursday, May 28, 2020

At its May 27, 2020 meeting, the Commission directed staff to adopt a spending plan for CARES Act funds and provided further guidance on three programs: 1) sub-grant to local jurisdictions (formerly postage sub-grant), 2) options for an informational mailing to voters about how to request an...

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Update on Commission Actions 5/27- COVID-19

Thursday, May 28, 2020

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...

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Ballots for the August 11, 2020 Partisan Primary Election

Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Sample paper and optical scan ballots for the Partisan Primary have been approved by the Commission and are now available on the Wisconsin Election Commission (WEC) website: Paper ballots will appear here: https://elections.wi.gov/node/3170 Optical scan ballots will appear here: https://elections.wi...

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May 20 Elections Commission Meeting/CARES Act Grant Update

Thursday, May 21, 2020

The Wisconsin Elections Commission understands that many clerks were waiting for the May 20, 2020 Commission Meeting to learn how 2020 CARES Act grant funds will be applied. At yesterday’s meeting the Commission decided to further study different options for the allocation of CARES Act funds and to...

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