LWV-GCV Forum on Wisconsin Election Integrity

Join us for a forum on Wisconsin Election Integrity!
Election officials from three western Wisconsin counties and one township will talk about how they safeguard election integrity at a public forum Thursday, July 25, from 6:00pm-7:30pm in the Menomonie City Council meeting room, 800 Wilson Avenue, Menomonie, WI. The meeting is in collaboration with the League of Women Voters of Greater Chippewa Valley.

Speakers are Dunn County Clerk, Andrew Mercil (D); Eau Claire County Clerk, Sue McDonald (D); Polk County Clerk, Shabana Lundeen (R); and Spring Brook Clerk, Mary Strand.
Topics include:

• Triple checking of the vote count (by machine, by Municipal Board of Canvass, by County Board of Canvass), including demonstration of a voting machine
• Absentee Ballots - How are they verified? Requirements?
• Drop Boxes are back per Wisconsin Supreme Court - can they be trusted?
• Early voting - How is that managed?
• Badger Books device - Why use it? How is that protected from fraud? Includes a demonstration of Badger Books.
• Why can’t we just hand-count all the ballots?” Reality check.