Wisconsin Clerk Who Failed To Count Nearly 200 Ballots Resigns Amid Internal Investigation

CBS Minnesota

April 15, 2025 / 8:44 AM CDT

The municipal clerk in Wisconsin's capital city has quit amid investigations into how she failed to count almost 200 absentee ballots in the November elections.

Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway's office announced City Clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl's resignation on Monday. The mayor's spokesperson, Dylan Brogan, said Witzel-Behl submitted her resignation on Thursday, but the mayor had to wait to announce it because Witzel-Behl's contract granted her several days to change her mind.

The Wisconsin Elections Commission launched an investigation in early January after learning that Witzel-Behl had failed to count 192 ballots and didn't inform the commission until Dec. 18, more than a month after the election and weeks after canvassing was complete.

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