As of 7:30 this morning, state election officials report that more than 1,771,000 Wisconsinites have already cast their ballots in next week’s election. About eighty percent of those ballots were cast through the mail, while about twenty percent were cast through in-person early voting. But sending absentee ballots through the mail takes time, and ballots […]
Absentee Voting Plays a Critical Role in Wisconsin’s August Prim...
Wisconsin’s partisan primary last week showed how voting has changed since April’s controversial primary election, with absentee voting becoming increasingly more common. According to the Wisconsin Elections commission, over 900,000 voters requested absentee ballots for last Tuesday’s partisan primary. More than two thirds of those ballots – over 615,000 – were returned. While the Madison […]
Wisconsin Elections Commission Delays Vote on Mailing Absentee Applica...
Photo by Element5 Digital on Unsplash. In May, the Wisconsin Elections Commission delayed a vote on whether or not to send absentee ballot applications to 2.7 million registered voters across Wisconsin. Yesterday, the commission decided to again delay a vote needed to do that. The planned mailing includes an absentee ballot application form as […]
Wisconsin Elections Commission Votes to Mail Absentee Ballot Applicati...
Photo from Element5 Digital on Unsplash. Yesterday the Wisconsin Elections Commission voted unanimously to send absentee ballot applications out to 2.7 million registered voters across Wisconsin. The mailing would not include the over half a million registered voters who already request absentee ballots. Nor would it include more than 150,000 on the “movers list,” […]
Absentee Voting Encouraged Amid COVID-19 Outbreak
In an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19 through the community, Public Health Madison & Dane County banned all gatherings with more than 50 people yesterday. And today, Governor Tony Evers issued a mandate that would apply such a ban statewide beginning at 12:01 a.m. tonight. With the April 7th presidential primary only three […]
Elections Commission Seeks Greater Security Measures
If you’re trying to find a polling place or what’s on your ballot, you might use MyVote Wisconsin to get the information you need. A similar system is used by Wisonsin election clerks, behind-the-scenes. It’s called WisVote. Ahead of the 2020 elections, WisVote is denying access to computers the Wisconsin Elections Commission says are vulnerable […]
