The Wisconsin State Board of Elections special meeting Thursday after learning that 193 absentee ballots from the city of Madison for the November election were never counted.
Of the absentee ballots that have not been counted, 125 were from Ward 56, 67 were from Ward 65, and one was from Ward 68.
“That's very, very disturbing.”
Ann Jacobs (Democratic Party), chairwoman of the Board of Elections, said:It's so bad.“She questioned why it took more than six weeks to bring this matter to the commissioners' attention.
“We're the last recruiters,” Jacobs said. “We are the final arbiters of voting in Wisconsin, and we need to know why these ballots were not included anywhere.”
Madison City Clerk's Office staff reportedly first discovered some of the unprocessed ballots on Nov. 12.
City officials learned of the oversight a week after the November election, but the news only became public in mid-December.
The secretariat announced that statement He announced that he would contact affected voters and apologize.
“Going forward, every polling place will be given a list of absentee envelope seal numbers to ensure they are counted on Election Day.The Clerk's Office's goal is for each voter to vote We sincerely apologize to voters for not achieving this goal in the November 2024 election and will work to ensure this never happens again.” said.
The clerk's office noted that the uncounted ballots would not have affected the outcome of any race.
Madison Mayor Satya Rose Conway (D) addressed the error in a separate article. statement“This is a significant departure from the high standards residents have come to expect.''
“Unfortunately, it appears that clerk's office staff had been aware of this oversight for some time, and the Mayor's Office was not notified of the outstanding ballots until December 20th,” she said. Ta.
The city of Rose-Conway said it would “conduct a thorough review.”
The commission typically launches investigations in response to complaints, but the uncounted ballots have not yet been submitted. However, commissioners voted unanimously this week to launch an investigation into the matter.
“Given the seriousness of what happened here, our lack of knowledge (and) the information that was not provided in a timely manner, we need a more formal response,” Jacobs said during Thursday's committee meeting. I think so.''
“My biggest concern is why did it take a month and a half for this to be announced,” Commissioner Don Millis (R) said.
“That's very worrying,” he added.
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