LWV-GCV Forum on Wisconsin Election Integrity
Join us for a forum on Wisconsin Election Integrity!
Election officials from three western Wisconsin counties and one township talked about how they safeguard election integrity at a public forum on Thursday, July 25, 6-7:30 p.m. in the Menomonie City Council meeting room, 800 Wilson Avenue. The meeting was in collaboration with the League of Women Voters of Greater Chippewa Valley.
Speakers are Dunn County Clerk, Andrew Mercil (D); Eau Claire County Clerk, Sue McDonald (D); Polk County Clerk, Shabana Lundeen (R); and Spring Brook Clerk, Mary Strand.
Topics include
- Triple checking of the vote count (by machine, by Municipal Board of Canvass, by County Board of Canvass). Includes demonstration of a voting machine
- Absentee Ballots (How are they verified? Requirements?)
- Drop Boxes are back per Wisconsin Supreme Court - can they be trusted?
- Early voting – How is that managed?
- Badger Books device - Why use it? How is that protected from fraud? Includes a demonstration of Badger Books.
- “Why can’t we just hand-count all the ballots?” Reality check.
This event will be videotaped. The video is available on this page and on the LWV-GCV website.
There is also an Eye On Dunn Event Listing.
Publisher Steve Hanson is currently the vice-president of the League of Women Voters of the Greater Chippewa Valley.
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Steve is a member of LION Publishers , the Wisconsin Newspaper Association, the Menomonie Area Chamber of Commerce, and the Local Media Consortium, is active in Health Dunn Right, and is vice-president of the League of Women Voters of the Greater Chippewa Valley.
He has been a computer guy most of his life but has published a political blog, a discussion website, and now Eye On Dunn County.
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