The Spring election is over but the conversation around Wisconsin elections never ends.
State voters have a variety of opinions over how Wisconsin elections are run and various levels of confidence on the results - especially if their candidate won.
Can the process be improved to strengthen voters' faith in our elections? What does that look like? Are new state laws needed around the process of tabulating or even tallying the growing number of people voting early?
There were 1.56 million absentee ballots in the 2024 presidential election, a 40% increase from 2020.
Current state law does not allow local municipalities from counting early absentee ballots before Election Day. Should they be allowed to start one day earlier?
A bill allowing clerks to begin processing early ballots the day before an election passed in the Assembly in 2023, but it never made it through the Senate and to Governor Ever's desk, who expressed support for the bill.
I am working on a deep dive into these issues with the nonpartisan Democracy Defense Project.
On Monday, I will be talking with Republican and Democratic Clerks, election officials and former elected leaders - but I want to hear from voters.
If you are available Monday to be in Milwaukee around 11am for an in-person interview, please email Charles.Benson@tmj4.com and I will follow up with more details.
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