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Madison ordered to fix errors after ballots go missing
Wisconsin’s elections commission orders Madison to fix election procedures after nearly 200 absentee ballots went uncounted in 2024.
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.
Madison clerk broke election laws over ballot errors
Wisconsin officials say Madison's former clerk broke five election laws by failing to count 193 absentee ballots but stopped short of urging charges.
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.
Officials’ discussion of uncounted ballots turns into shouting match
A Wisconsin Elections Commission discussion of uncounted ballots in Madison devolved into a shouting match Thursday, with the Democratic chair threatening to kick a Republican commissioner out of the meeting.
Madison clerk resigns amid internal investigation
The municipal clerk in Wisconsin's capital city has quit amid investigations into how she failed to count nearly 200 absentee ballots in the November elections.
Madison mayor suspends city clerk
The mayor of Wisconsin's capital city said Wednesday she has placed the municipal clerk on leave as investigators work to determine how she failed to count almost 200 absentee ballots in the November election.
Elections officials to depose Madison workers over uncounted ballots
Wisconsin election officials voted Friday to force Madison city workers to sit for depositions as they try to learn more about how nearly 200 absentee ballots in November's election went uncounted.
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