In a unanimous decision, the Wisconsin Elections Commission voted to hold depositions of Madison elections officials including city Clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl. The commission wants more information about how 193 ballots went uncounted during the presidential election and weren't reported to state officials for weeks.| WPR
Four Madison voters have launched a class-action lawsuit seeking $175,000 each because the city clerk's office failed to count their ballots during the November presidential election.| WPR
A liberal and conservative candidate are vying to determine the court’s ideological balance, which could prove especially consequential for election law.| Votebeat
The city clerk’s office discovered the uncounted ballots, but didn’t report them until it was too late. “They should have asked someone,” said Ann Jacobs, a Democrat on the Wisconsin Elections Commission.| Votebeat
The Wisconsin Elections Commission said its investigation into Madison’s missing-ballot mess is still missing key information — specifically, what happened at the two polling places on Election Day.| Votebeat
The Madison city clerk’s office says it reported the discovery of uncounted ballots to the county, but the Dane County clerk disputes that claim.| Votebeat
Voters will decide whether to put the state’s controversial voter ID policy in the constitution.| Votebeat
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