- Podcasts
Podcasts - Videos
Videos - Policy Issues
Policy Issues - About
About
WEC Still Investigating Madison's Missing Ballots
The Wisconsin Elections Commission says it has a rough idea how Madison’s city clerk could have missed 193 absentee ballots from the November election, but the commission’s staffers say there are still some things they don’t know.
The Commission issued a 13 page memo for next week’s WEC meeting that explains the answers from Madison Clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl about the nearly 200 absentee ballots that weren’t discovered after Election Day 2024.
“Again, at this juncture, staff are not concluding that any of the factors outlined below mean that Clerk Witzel-Behl took actions that are contrary to law or were an abuse of discretion,” the memo reads. "[But] staff have identified several factors that probably increased the likelihood that the 193 uncounted absentee ballots went undiscovered by anyone until November 12 and December 2, respectively, and went uncounted in the official election results."
The Elections Commission staff said many of those factors come down to policies from Witzel-Behl that outline “a record of what was completed — but not of what was missed.”
However, the Election Commission staff warned there are several unanswered questions about “what exactly happened at these polling places.”
Those questions include:
The memo ends options for commissioners to continue the investigation, or clear Witzel-Behl of any intentional wrongdoing.
Interested in the content of this Article?
Reach out to the MacIver Institute to aquire more information
