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Jul 21, 2025
Madison clerk was baking cookies as ballot mess unfolded
Madison Clerk Witzel-Behl was taking a vacation and baking cookies while 193 absentee ballots went uncounted in November 2024.
Apr 29, 2025
Investigators: Ex-Madison clerk violated multiple policies
The former clerk who somehow failed to count nearly 200 ballots in Wisconsin's capital city didn't break any laws but did violate multiple policies and her contractual duty to supervise elections and maintain professional standards, the results of a city-led investigation released Tuesday show.
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Legal News
- New dedicated coverage of tech challenges facing law firms
- Brothers sue Green Bay over wrongful convictions
- Judge grants new attorney for Elijah Vue’s mother
- WEC refers Elon Musk election bribery complaint
- Wisconsin courts restrict AI glasses over privacy concerns
- Target sued over fatal water bead death of Wisconsin infant
- Judge dismisses Shalom Wildlife Zoo zoning lawsuit
Case Digests
- Protective Placement-Sufficiency of Evidence
- Insurance Coverage Exclusions-Policy Interpretation
- Writ of Mandamus-Public Records Law
- Statute of Limitations-Notice of Claim Requirements
- Contempt of Court-Family Law
- Void Lease-Periodic Tenancy
- Landlord Tenant Law-Rent Recovery
- Double Jeopardy-Criminal Procedure
- OWI-Probable Cause
- Injunction bonds-Forfeiture
- Sufficiency of Evidence-Right to Testify
- Postconviction Relief-Procedural Bars
