Wisconsin 2024: Vote Counting and Election Certification Processes

Wisconsin’s election processes are firmly grounded in state statute. The Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) — the state’s election oversight body — provides manuals, guidance, and advisory opinions governing all aspects of the election administration process. And Wisconsin also has protections in place to safeguard against canvassing and certification processes from election officials seeking to undermine or delay election results by refusing to carry out canvassing and certification processes. The Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) provides manuals, guidance, and advisory opinions governing all aspects of the election administration process. And Wisconsin also has protections to safeguard canvassing and certification processes from those seeking to undermine or delay election results. Wisconsin law has several built-in provisions to safeguard the process if an election official refuses to canvass and certify election results.

Our report provides a comprehensive view of the vote counting and certification processes in Wisconsin. Our analysis is intended to build confidence in our election system; in shining a light on potential vulnerabilities, we hope to help pro-democracy advocates and partners monitor post-vote processes and protect the fairness of elections in the state.

In this report you will find: 

For a high-level summary of this report, please see our one-pager here

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