Glendale removes city clerk for allegedly spending over $10K on unauthorized purchases jsonline.com/story/communit…

Lots of back and forth between WEC and Mike Haas, Madison's interim clerk and former WEC administrator, over how specific WEC orders can be in response to the city losing 193 ballots. Starts at page 9. This Friday meeting could get interersting. elections.wi.gov/sites/default/…

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WEC votes 5-1 to order that Madison comply with a number of specific orders to avoid ballots going missing in the future. Interim City Clerk Mike Haas and WEC commissioner Mark Thomsen said the orders could be legally beyond WEC's scope.

Good encapuslation of the mood from fair maps advocates in Wisconsin, who have faught their asses off for years to defeat The Gerrymander, only to now be facing *this*. wpr.org/news/redistric…

Special prosecutor Eric Toney, who said drop boxes are illegal, appointed to case where Wausau mayor rolled away ballot box -- via Anna Kleiber jsonline.com/story/news/pol…

Fact-checking Trump’s latest claims about mail ballots and voting machines — via Jessica Huseman votebeat.org/2025/08/18/fac…

Madison WI has a new clerk! Lydia A. McComas formerly managed the voter engagement division in Hennepin County, MN. She’ll start Sept. 29

With a new clerk incoming and investigations wrapped up, Madison can begin moving on from the 2024 ballot debacle ... mostly. A lawsuit over the 193 missing ballots is still on the way for Madison. All that and more in my newsletter, subscribe here: votebeat.org/wisconsin/subs…