The clock is now ticking for a partial recount in Dane and Milwaukee counties. Last night, the state’s Elections Commission outlined a timeline and procedures for that recount. In a long and sometimes heated meeting, the bipartisan commission ultimately left issues of public health and the state of absentee ballots up in the air. The […]
When to expect election results
Wisconsin’s official election results will likely not be known until Wednesday — and maybe not even then. Today, Milwaukee County elections officials warned the press that the official count will take some time. And that’s significant: votes in the state’s Democratic stronghold could swing the presidential outcome in Wisconsin. Despite additional poll workers and equipment, […]
Elections Commission Upholds Barring of Election Deputies from Nursing...
Back in March, the Wisconsin Elections Commission barred election deputies from entering nursing homes to help residents cast absentee ballots, citing concerns of spreading Covid-19 to the elderly and disabled. That decision will carry through to the November election. During a meeting of the bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission yesterday, Republican Commissioner Dean Knudson stood by […]
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 […]
Wisconsin Elections Commission in Deadlock Over Voter Purge
Last week,the state agency in charge of administrating elections, the Wisconsin Elections Commission, released its list of some 200,000 names and addresses. This is a newly public list of voters that election officials believe may have moved in 2019. The issue at hand is when, or whether, these voters will be purged from the voter […]
Dane County Climate Change Council (Part 1) & New Utility Pledges...
We kick off this show with news about major utility commitments announced in August to reduce CO2 emissions. We speak with Will Dean of RENEW WI about emissions reduction pledges from WEC Energy Group and Alliant Energy and what that will mean for the future of renewable energy in WI. Keith Reopelle, Director of the […]
