Civics: “unresponsive to our records requests, including Madison”
Our 2020 election report dismissed many allegations of potential election fraud. But one issue we flagged as important to address in subsequent years was the indefinitely confined loophole that lets voters in the status avoid showing an ID.
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To gather this data, WILL went through a multi-month research effort that involved purchasing data from WEC and initiating open records requests to a sampling of 15 municipalities around the state. We generally found compliance with requirements for clerks to remove voters from the list, but did not receive a response from 1 municipality (Madison), while another admitted to not keeping the list up-to-date (Lake Geneva).
Bottom Line: While there is no concrete evidence of fraudulent votes under the indefinitely confined status, it poses a risk to election integrity by allowing many individuals to vote without providing identification. To address this issue, Wisconsin should follow the example of other states and implement commonsense changes to the process for obtaining this status. Previous legislative attempts to close this loophole were subsequently vetoed by Governor Evers. Additionally, Wisconsin should continue to remove individuals from the indefinitely confined list if they fail to renew their status after not voting in an election.
City of Madison Clerk. Maribeth, WCPC, Clerk
Madison citizens have seen many unopposed local elections, including the city clerk.
