Wisconsin Election Commission mails 186,900 postcards to ‘missing’ voters
Wisconsin | June 17, 2021
(The Center Square) – The Wisconsin Elections Commission has mailed nearly 200,000 postcards to voters who have not cast a ballot in years.
“State law requires the Wisconsin Elections Commission to mail notices to registered voters who have not voted in four years,” Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe said. “These voters have 30 days to respond and tell their clerk whether they want to stay on the active voter list.”
Wolfe said 186,900 postcards were put in the mail.
“If we do not hear from them or if their mailing is undeliverable, they will be placed on the inactive list and need to re-register,” Wolfe explained.
Voters who get a postcard have the choice to return the “Keep me Registered” half of the postcard, or to register at a new address.
The postcards are a compromise between election commissioners. Republicans and conservative groups want inactive voters dropped from the state’s voter rolls. Democrats in Madison and liberal groups across the state say that would disenfranchise people…
(Excerpts from the Center Square)