Memo

1. Many voters with disabilities or elderly voters may rely on curbside voting. Solution: Curbside voting is required by law for any voter who cannot enter the polling place due to a disability. The Commission believes that individuals who are immunocompromised or have symptoms of COVID-19 are...

WEC staff have received questions regarding the use of face coverings while voting or conducting elections. This document provides information about many of the common questions we have received and was developed with guidance from State of Wisconsin public health officials and information available...

A mandate was issued today by the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in the One Wisconsin Institute case meaning that this ruling is now in effect. Please review the summary of changes below to determine how this decision impacts voting laws and procedures and how you will need to update any training and...

First and foremost, I’d like to extend my sincere thanks to all Wisconsin clerks for all of their hard work and dedication to ensuring that Wisconsin elections remain free, fair, efficient, accessible, and safe in an extremely challenging election year. Wisconsin Elections Commission staff is doing...

The Wisconsin Elections Commission determined on June 24, 2020 that Special Voting Deputies (SVDs) will not be dispatched to nursing homes and care facilities to administer voting for the remaining elections in 2020. Residents of facilities normally served by SVDs will instead be mailed absentee...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...