Milwaukee, WI — It’s Primary Election Day in Wisconsin – and Election Clerks all across the state are ready for the many voters who will walk into their polling locations and cast their ballots.
Over the last 10 days, county and municipal clerks all across Wisconsin have held public tests of voting machines for the general public to see how elections in their municipalities are run. RightCount Wisconsin, an organization dedicated to highlighting the protections in place so voters can be assured our elections are being run securely, was proud to promote the efforts of municipal and county clerks to publicize these public tests and encourage voter participation in the process.
In Beloit, Rock County Clerk Lisa Tollefson and Beloit City Clerk Rebecca Wallendal highlighted the importance of public tests and the role clerks play in the process.
“Tollefson said the municipal clerks have the knowledge of their communities that makes the system work,” The Beloit Daily News wrote.“She said they are the ones who know the people in the community because they see them when they come to municipal buildings to pay bills and seek services.”
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“‘Municipal clerks make it happen. They are so crucial to our system,’ she told the newspaper.”
In the Town of Little Suamico, Clerk Lisa Glinski highlighted the importance of checking and double-checking the safety and security of the process.
“They made sure the machines were counting ballots correctly, and they purposefully ran incorrect ballots through to make sure the machine can catch mistakes,” NBC26 up in Green Bay reported. “It’s just one step the town takes towards election security.”
“‘We do balance checks on absentee ballots that come in, and then throughout election day same thing,’ Lisa Glinski, Town of Little Suamico Clerk Treasurer, told NBC26. ‘We are constantly checking, and it’s always what we have been doing, that’s how we started, and that’s how we’ll finish. We check, we do reports, we watch and make sure our numbers match. That’s one of the hugest things is: make sure that your numbers match.’”
Throughout the state of Wisconsin, clerks are highlighting the importance of their work in ensuring every ballot is legally cast and counted, and more importantly, providing opportunities for everyday Wisconsin residents to see for themselves how the process works.About RightCount Wisconsin:
RightCount is a 501(c)(3) entity that conducts research and educates fellow citizens around election integrity issues. To learn more about RightCount’s mission in Wisconsin and the steps it is taking to protect the integrity of Wisconsin’s 2024 general election, please visit www.rightcount.org/state/wisconsin.
Contact: Justin Giorgio, jg@k2andcompany.com
