Wisconsin Election Commission Posts Facts On Election

MADISON, WI— The Wisconsin Election Commission created a new question-and-answer section on its website to dispel misinformation about November election, according to a news release.

“We understand that some voters still have questions about how the election was conducted and how the winners were determined,” said Meagan Wolfe, administrator of the WEC and Wisconsin’s chief election official in a release. “It’s our job to answer those questions with facts and to explain what procedures Wisconsin’s election officials use to follow state election laws.”
The WEC’s approach to dealing with misinformation is to discuss mechanics of the election with the media and voters. “We don’t just say trust us. We want to show everyone how elections really work so they can decide for themselves,” Wolfe said. “Election laws are incredibly complicated, and most people are not aware of the mechanics of elections.”

The new website section is available at http://elections.wi.gov. Questions answered include:

• What did the WEC tell clerks about fixing problems with witness addresses on absentee ballot certificates?
• Why did so many absentee ballots at the recount have the same initials on them?
• Why are so many absentee ballots not folded and have the same initials?
• Why did Milwaukee County report so many ballots for Democrats in the middle of the night?
• Does Wisconsin use Dominion voting equipment, and have you done an audit?
• Did Dominion voting equipment flip votes from Trump to Biden?
• Has Wisconsin conducted an audit of signatures for absentee voters?
• Did Wisconsin clerks issue 70,000 absentee ballots to voters without an application?
• Did 200,000 people vote without a photo ID?
• Why did WEC allow clerks to use drop boxes for absentee ballots?

The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump's lawsuit attempting to overturn his loss to Democrat Joe Biden in the battleground state, ending Trump's legal challenges in state court about an hour before Wisconsin's Electoral College was to meet to cast the state's 10 votes for Biden.

The ruling came after the court heard arguments Saturday, the same day a federal judge dismissed another Trump lawsuit seeking to overturn his loss in the state. Trump has appealed that ruling.
Trump sought to have more than 221,000 ballots disqualified in Dane and Milwaukee counties, the state's two most heavily Democratic counties. He wanted to disqualify absentee ballots cast early and in-person, saying there wasn't a proper written request made for the ballots; absentee ballots cast by people who claimed "indefinitely confined" status; absentee ballots collected by poll workers at Madison parks; and absentee ballots where clerks filled in missing information on ballot envelopes.

Wisconsin's Electoral College met at the Wisconsin State Capitol to officially assign Wisconsin's Electoral College votes. On Monday, Gov. Tony Evers signed the Certificate of Ascertainment, certifying Wisconsin's election results and the slate of electors for President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.

Monday's meeting with electors officially assigned Wisconsin's 10 electoral college votes to Biden and Harris, consistent with the candidates who received a plurality of Wisconsin's popular vote during the Nov. 3 general election.

Reporting and writing from The Associated Press was used in this report.