City of Milwaukee Election Commission

Recent Advisory Opinions of the Commission

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

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...

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Election Official Training Requirements and Resources

Monday, December 18, 2023

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...

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National Mail Voter Registration Form – Follow Up to September 15, 2023, Communication

Wednesday, November 8, 2023

1. Summary. The National Mail Voter Registration Form (“National Form”) has been prescribed for use in Wisconsin to register UOCAVA voters under limited circumstances. This is a clarification and expansion of the September 15, 2023, Clerk Communication found here: https://elections.wi.gov/memo...

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Clerk Guidance Concerning Ballot Timeline for the April 2024 Spring Election and Presidential Preference Primary

Monday, November 6, 2023

Wis. Stat. § 7.15(1)(cm) requires a ballot be sent to each voter with an active absentee request on file 47 days prior to the Presidential Preference Primary. This scenario only occurs every four years, in a Presidential election year, when the Spring non-partisan election is paired with the...

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Subject Lines When Emailing State Agencies

Thursday, November 2, 2023

We recently learned that the Division of Enterprise Technology is blocking email with the words “Train/Training” and/or “Require/Requirement” in the subject line. This is in response to a recent email phishing campaign that flooded state mailboxes with malicious emails. Unfortunately, this means...

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2024-2025 Calendar of Election Events Finalized

Thursday, October 26, 2023

Please click this link to see the 2024-2025 Calendar of Election Events 1. Background The final version of the clerk-reviewed 2024-2025 Calendar of Election Events is ready for use. It includes dates and deadlines from November 2023 through January 2025 and is a valuable tool for election officials...

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2024-2025 Calendar of Election Events

Monday, October 9, 2023

This communication is to announce that the 2023-2024 Calendar of Election Events is now available for clerk review. Clerks need to submit comments to @email by 10/16/2023. The updated calendar includes deadlines from November 2023 through January 2025, and is a valuable tool for election...

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Appointment of Election Inspectors from Lists Submitted by Political Parties

Tuesday, October 3, 2023

December 31, 2023, marks the end of the current term of Election Inspectors. Unless your current inspectors are reappointed by your governing body, they will no longer be Election Inspectors after the end of this year. At a meeting in December, not later than December 31, 2023, the municipal...

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Absentee Envelope Designs Approved by the Commission

Friday, September 29, 2023

1. Summary. On August 4, 2023, the Wisconsin Elections Commission approved the designs of the Absentee Mailer Envelope (EL-120) and the Absentee Certificate Envelope (EL-122) in their various iterations and languages. EL-120 and EL-122 are state templates, prescribed by unanimous vote of the...

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Revised Subgrant Documentation

Friday, September 29, 2023

Revised subgrant MOU/reimbursement-request forms & NEW subgrant requirement of providing WEC equipment inventory list SUMMARY All current and future WEC subgrant programs contain revised language in the Documentation section that more specifically highlights the federal requirements regarding the...

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