State election commission will require Madison employees to answer questions about uncounted ballots
In a unanimous decision, the Wisconsin Elections Commission voted to hold depositions of Madison elections officials including City Clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl. The commission wants more information about how 193 ballots went uncounted during the presidential election.
The mistake wasn’t reported to state officials for weeks.
Wisconsin Elections Commission Chair Ann Jacobs didn’t mince words about Madison’s ballot snafu during a Friday meeting. She said she was “shocked” by the preliminary investigative report from commission staff.
Jacobs pointed to findings showing Witzel-Behl’s office printed poll books for the two voting wards where ballots were missed two weeks before the election, on Oct. 23. The uncounted ballots didn’t get to the wards until days later.
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