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Regular Meeting

03/07/2025 10:00 AM - 03 /07/2025 08:00 PM

2 East Main Street, Madison, WI- 53703

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Agency: Wisconsin Elections Commission
Contact: Jim Witecha
608-266-0136
james.witecha@wisconsin.gov

Regular Meeting

Friday, March 7, 2025

10:00 A.M.

 

This meeting will be held in person in Room 412 East of the Wisconsin State Capitol building, which is located at 2 East Main Street, Madison, WI 53702. Participants will also have the option to present public comment virtually, via telephone/Zoom. 

 

WisconsinEye is likely to stream the meeting online, and members of the public and media are encouraged to view coverage at https://wiseye.org/ Please check WisconsinEye’s schedule at https://wiseye.org/schedule/ to determine whether it plans to stream the meeting.

 

Please visit https://elections.wi.gov/event/commission-meeting-march-7-2025 to view materials for the meeting. Members of the public wishing to provide written comment to the Commissioners should email electioncomments@wi.gov with “Message to Commissioners” in the subject line. 

 

Members of the public who wish to address the Commission during public comment have the opportunity to do so virtually or in person. Please follow public comment instructions posted at https://elections.wi.gov/event/commission-meeting-march-7-2025. Once your request is received, you will receive instructions via email. Please submit requests to present public comment by 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 6, 2025. Please note that you must sign up ahead of time to be permitted to speak at the meeting. “Walk in” requests the day of the meeting without prior sign up will not be permitted.

 

AMENDED OPEN AND CLOSED SESSION AGENDA 

 

  1. Call to Order
  2. Administrator’s Report of Appropriate Meeting Notice
  3. Public Comment
  4. Written Comments
  5. Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes
  6. Discussion and Possible Further Action Relating to Wis. Stat. § 5.06(4) Investigation of City of Madison Clerk regarding 193 Uncounted Absentee Ballots for November 5, 2024, General Election
  7. Discussion, Review, and Possible Action Pertaining to the Post-Election Voting Equipment Audit for the 2024 Fall General Election
  8. Discussion of Microsoft CRM Migration
  9. Discussion, Review, and Possible Action Pertaining to the Badger Books Program and Policies
  10. Discussion, Review, and Possible Action Pertaining to WisVote Record Reconciliation Policies 
  11. Administrative Rulemaking [Potential Discussion Item]
  12. Discussion, Review, and Possible Action Pertaining to the Interpretation and Implementation of Wis. Stat. § 19.36(14), Identities of Election Officials or Election Registration Officials, Including any Updates or Action on the Attorney General Opinion Request  
  13. Discussion, Review, and Possible Action Pertaining to Agency Records Policy, Retention, and Planning
  14. Consideration and Resolution of Wis. Stat. § 5.06 Complaints
  15. Discussion, Review, and Possible Action Pertaining to Commission compliance with Wis. Stat. § 757.07, including Discussion, Review, and Possible Action Pertaining to the Judicial Privacy Rule (EL Chapter 19)
  16. Discussion, Review, and Possible Action Pertaining to the Agency Internal Control Plan
  17. Staff Updates to the Commission
  18. Consideration and Resolution of Wis. Stat. s. 5.06 Complaint, EL 25-07 - Dixie Stechschulte v. Daniel Crandall
  19. Closed Session*

§ 19.85(1)(g) – The Commission may confer in closed session with legal counsel for the governmental body who is rendering oral or written advice concerning strategy to be adopted by the body with respect to litigation in which it is or is likely to become involved.

 

§ 19.85(1)(h) – Consideration of requests for confidential written advice from the elections commission under s. 5.05 (6a) or the ethics commission under s. 19.46 (2), or from any county or municipal ethics board under s. 19.59 (5). 

                                                                                                                        

§ 19.851 – The Commission’s deliberations concerning an investigation of any violation of the law under the jurisdiction of the Commission shall be in closed session.

 

§ 19.85(1)(f) – Considering financial, medical, social or personal histories or disciplinary data of specific persons, preliminary consideration of specific personnel problems or the investigation of charges against specific persons except where par. (b) applies which, if discussed in public, would be likely to have a substantial adverse effect upon the reputation of any person referred to in such histories or data, or involved in such problems or investigations.

 

  1. Adjourn 

 

*The Elections Commission will convene in open session but may move to closed session under Wis. Stat. § 19.85(1)(f), (1)(g), (1)(h), and Wis. Stat. § 19.851 and then reconvene into open session prior to adjournment of this meeting. This notice is intended to inform the public that this meeting will convene in open session, may move to closed session, and then may reconvene in open session. Wis. Stat. § 19.85(2).


Americans with Disabilities Act Statement 

Reasonable accommodations, including the provision of informational material in an alternative format, will be provided for qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. This agency, to the maximum extent possible, holds all meetings in facilities that are physically accessible to persons with disabilities.  For questions about accessibility, contact the meeting's sponsoring division.


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