The Republican chair of the Senate elections committee called on former state Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman Monday to wrap up the GOP’s probe into Wisconsin’s 2020 election “sooner rather than later,” saying the repeated questioning of the election’s results only serves to sow doubt in democracy and has led to threats against state and local election officials.
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A small percentage of voters and witnesses made mistakes on their absentee ballot certificates in 2020. Here are some examples of the kinds of errors that were either allowed or corrected by the clerk in order to permit the ballot to be counted.
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“I’m as scared and concerned as I’ve ever been in my entire career about the state of American democracy,” said David Becker, executive director and founder of the Center for Election Innovation & Research, at a briefing on growing threats to election professionals in Wisconsin.
The state has multiple, overlapping safeguards aimed at preventing ineligible voters from casting ballots, tampering with the ballots or altering vote totals.
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GALLERY: Local elections bring in voters
West Baraboo resident Kathy Gray signs her name in the poll book as her husband, Frank, waits in line Tuesday morning at Village Hall.
West Baraboo resident Ron Rupert signs in to vote Tuesday morning at village hall.
West Baraboo resident Melinda Zufall feeds her ballot into a voting machine Tuesday morning at village hall.
West Baraboo residents Ron Rupert and Melinda Zufall fill out their ballots Tuesday morning at village hall.
Mikka Roessler fills out a ballot Tuesday at the Baraboo Civic Center.
Baraboo voter Ryan Ramnarace signs an electronic poll book Tuesday at the Civic Center before collecting a ballot.
Bill Armstrong, Baraboo, inserts a completed ballot into the counter Tuesday at Baraboo Civic Center.
"If the State Senate does not choose to take up the bill this March in their remaining session days, it will die an unfortunate death this legislative session," Assembly Elections Committee chair Rep. Scott Krug, R-Nekoosa, said in a statement along with committee ranking member Rep. Lee Snodgrass, D-Appleton.
Election workers routinely wipe down and sanitize the ballot machine and the individual voting station throughout the day Tuesday during the spring primary election at Portage City Hall.
Portage City Clerk Marie Moe talks about absentee ballot processing to election workers Tuesday at City Hall.
Erica Helwig receives ballot instructions Oct. 21 at the Portage Municipal Building. Helwig, 21, cast her first vote in a presidential election through in-person early voting because she said it's a safer option than standing in line on Election Day during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Erica Helwig fills out her ballot Oct. 21 at the Portage Municipal Building. Helwig, 21, decided to cast her first vote in a presidential election through in-person early voting because she said it's a safer option than standing in line on Election Day, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Poll worker Matigan O'Leary sits outside Portage City Hall to screen voters for COVID-19 symptoms prior to entering the building to vote in the Aug. 11 primary election. Plexiglass partitions were placed between voters and poll workers and voters were given hand sanitizer upon entering the polling place.
Poll worker Sue Barton feeds an absentee ballot into a machine Aug. 11 at Portage City Hall during Wisconsin's partisan primary election.
Springvale Clerk Becky Gutzman signs in before dropping off town ballots April 13 at the Columbia County Administrative Building.
Patti Hauser-Kassner, of Lewiston, Randolph Clerk Maxine DeYoung, Lewiston Clerk Kurt Kassner and Hampden Clerk Diane Guenther wait with ballot bags while spaced apart April 13 in the lobby of the Columbia County Administrative Building.
Poll worker Matt Foster wipes down polling stations during the spring election April 7 in the basement of Portage city hall.
Becky Ness, deputy clerk for the city of Portage, explains the absentee ballot process to a voter days before the April election from behind a sheet of plastic at the Portage Municipal Building. Organizers also put curtains of plastic in front of poll workers during the election to prevent possible transmission of COVID-19.
Baraboo City Clerk Brenda Zeman, left, and poll worker Ann Adkins count absentee ballots Tuesday afternoon at the civic center in Baraboo.
Gerald Cote signs a poll book Tuesday at the Baraboo Civic Center.
Election Day 2020 in West Baraboo
Election Day 2020 in Baraboo
Election Day 2020 in West Baraboo
West Baraboo residents stand in land before preparing and casting their ballots in the Nov. 3 election.
Election Day 2020 in Baraboo
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