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Uncounted absentee ballots in Madison from Nov. 2024 prompts Wisconsin Elections Commission to launch investigation
The Wisconsin Elections Commission unanimously authorized an investigation Thursday into Madison’s mishandling of nearly 200 absentee ballots that were never counted from the November 2024 election. This story also appeared in WisconsinWatch.
Wisconsin Elections Commission orders probe into uncounted Madison ballots
Walker and Republican lawmakers created the bipartisan elections commission to replace the Government Accountability Board. While the commission retained some investigative authority, the probe into Madison’s uncounted ballots marks the agency’s first formal investigation. State Journal reporter Adam Kelnhofer contributed to this report.
Wisconsin Elections Commission begins investigation into unopened Madison absentee ballots
All six commissioners voted to authorize an investigation, the first time WEC has used that authority in its eight-year history.
Wisconsin Elections Commission to investigate uncounted Madison absentee ballots
The Wisconsin Elections Commission voted Thursday to investigate how nearly 200 absentee ballots cast in Madison were overlooked and not counted on Election Night. “This was such a serious oversight that I didn’t want to wait for a complaint,
Wisconsin to Probe How 193 Absentee Ballots Went Uncounted
Election integrity advocates contend the probe would be a good first step for addressing vote-counting issues in Wisconsin.
Almost 200 ballots in Madison went uncounted in 2024 election, city clerk says
The number of ballots was not enough the affect the outcome of any races on the ballot in these areas, the Clerk's Office said.
'Very disturbing': Investigation underway into Madison's missing absentee ballots
The bipartisan state elections commission has launched an investigation into the nearly 200 uncounted absentee ballots discovered in Madison more than a month after Election Da
Nearly 200 ballots went uncounted in Wisconsin and officials want to know why
Wisconsin election officials are launching an investigation into how nearly 200 absentee ballots went uncounted in Madison.
Wisconsin Elections Commission demands answers after 193 absentee ballots went uncounted in November
The bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission voted unanimously Thursday to launch an immediate investigation into how the city of Madison left nearly 200 absentee ballots uncounted during the November election, the first time the commission has used its investigative authority.
Wisconsin Election Officials Investigating Uncounted Ballots
Late in December, election officials in Madison, Wisconsin, announced that nearly 200 ballots went uncounted in the November election. The Wisconsin Election Commision (WEC) has ordered an investigation into how this could possibly have hapened and especially why City Clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl sat on the information for so long:
Wisconsin Elections Commission launches investigation into missing ballots
The Wisconsin Elections Commission unanimously authorized an investigation Thursday into Madison’s mishandling of nearly 200 absentee ballots that were never counted from the November 2024 election. It’s the first such investigation that the bipartisan commission has authorized since becoming an
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Nearly 200 Madison ballots went uncounted. Officials don’t know exactly how.
Reading Time: 4 minutesOn Election Day in Madison, nearly 200 absentee ballots slipped through the cracks. They weren’t ...
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Wisconsin Elections Commission will Investigate Uncounted Absentee Ballots in Madison
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) — Staff of the Wisconsin Elections Commission will investigate nearly 200 uncounted absentee ballots ...