WEC to Investigate Madison's Misplaced 2024 Absentee Ballots

Frederica Freyberg:
The Wisconsin Elections Commission late this week voted unanimously to launch an investigation into the city of Madison clerk over nearly 200 missing absentee ballots in the November election. The commission first learned of the ballots that were cast, but not counted in late December, six weeks after Election Day.

Ann Jacobs:
I thought this was so egregious that it was important we move immediately.

Don Millis:
I suppose my biggest concern here is why it took a month and a half for this to come out. And that’s very, very disturbing. And I’m hoping we can determine why that happened as well.

Frederica Freyberg:
Election officials say the ballots not counted in Madison did not affect final results of any federal, state or municipal race.