The News: In a new letter to the United States Department of Justice (USDOJ), WILL identifies additional, serious concerns regarding the Wisconsin Election Commission’s (WEC) maintenance of Wisconsin’s statewide voter registration list. WILL’s new findings now show that over 41,000 voter registration records cannot be reconciled with the data maintained by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (DOT). While this does not necessarily indicate widespread voter fraud, the issues are far too extensive for WEC to continue to ignore.
The Quote: WILL Deputy Counsel, Lucas Vebber, stated, “WEC’s response to questions from the DOJ, Wisconsin Legislature, and WILL have been inadequate. Now, we have discovered that over 11,000 voter registrations have no matching driver’s license number in DOT records, a number that has doubled since 2020. That should sound alarm bells, but WEC continues to ignore the issue. WILL remains committed to exploring this critical election security issue.”
What Happened: Earlier this year, the USDOJ sent a letter to WEC regarding its compliance with federal voter list maintenance laws. WEC’s response was short and incomplete. As part of that response, WEC outlined a review process for online voter applications and how they match a voter’s registration information with DOT records. However, for paper (mail or in-person) voter applications, WEC vaguely refers to a “separate process” for confirming the validity of those applications—without further explanation. In August, WILL sent a follow-up letter to the USDOJ calling for a detailed explanation of this “separate process,” and has now sent an additional letter to call further attention to this matter based on these new findings.
Issues Highlighted in Our Letter:
WEC Fails to Detail “Separate Process” for Paper Voter Registrations: WEC confirmed that online registrations are blocked if information, such as a voter’s name, date of birth, license number, or residency, does not match DOT records. WEC vaguely refers to a “separate process” for paper registrations, including same-day registration, but has not described this process since being asked to do so by USDOJ.
Growing Mismatches Between Voter Records and DOT Database: Data obtained by WILL shows that the number of voter registration records that do not match DOT information has only increased since 2021 (the numbers in red are the numbers from 2021):
Name and DOB Does Not Match 680 (274) Name Does Not Match 24,733 (15,260) DOB Does Not Match 3,110 (1,061) No Record of DL Number 11,174 (4,885) Invalid Data Submitted 18 (66) No Matches Found 2,069 (1,815)
WILL’s Nationally Recognized Work on Election Integrity: WILL has received national recognition for our work on election integrity, and our comprehensive report assessing the 2020 Presidential Election has been cited by media outlets, as well as by election experts from across the country. The WSJ called WILL’s work the best—and most comprehensive—look at the 2020 Presidential Election.
Read More:USDOJ Letter Highlighting New Findings, October 2025Our Original USDOJ Letter, August 2025
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