The top election oversight body in the battleground state of Wisconsin kicked off 2025 by launching a bipartisan investigation of uncounted ballots in the state’s capital city.
Election integrity advocates say that’s a good first step.
The Wisconsin Elections Commission–equally split with Republicans and Democrats–voted 6-0 on Thursday to investigate why the city of Madison certified the 2024 election while leaving 193 absentee ballots uncounted and whether election officials complied with state law.
“What I’m really concerned about is having confidence in elections. These problems have come up in Madison, Milwaukee, and Green Bay, so people are already skeptical,” Annette Olson, the CEO of the MacIver Institute for Public Policy, a Wisconsin think tank, told The Daily Signal on Friday. “We need to ensure voters that all legal votes are counted, and…
