Madison, WI – Alders were asked to help spread the word. As of last Friday you may have been taken off the voter registration lists.
Note:
- Wisconsin DOJ Appeals Voter Purge Ruling – Wisconsin Public Radio
- Wisconsin Elections Commission appeals rules on voter purge – State Journal
- Wisconsin appeals order to purge voter registrations – AP
- Wisconsin Elections commission declines voter purge for now– State Journal
- Wisconsin Elections Commission deadlocks over response to order purging 200,000 voters from rolls – Cap Times
MESSAGE TO ALDERS
From: “Witzel-Behl, Maribeth” <MWitzel-Behl@cityofmadison.com>
Date: December 16, 2019 at 11:05:18 AM CST
To: All Alders <allalders@cityofmadison.com>
Subject: Please Encourage Constituents to Verify their Voter Registration
Good morning, Alders.
As you may have heard, last Friday a judge ordered the Elections Commission to inactivate the registrations of voters who may have moved. The last time the Elections Commission inactivated registrations for this reason, they learned that they were relying on inaccurate DMV data. (When someone would take out a car loan with a co-signer, the DMV changed the address to the address of the co-signer.)
Although Friday’s ruling will be appealed, we would like to encourage voters to verify their registration status now. We issued a press release this morning with instructions on how to verify your voter registration.
Thank you, in advance, for helping us get this message to your constituents!
Maribeth Witzel-Behl, WCPC
Madison City Clerk’s Office
City-County Building, Room 103
Madison WI 53703
Phone: 608-266-4601
Pronouns: she/her/hers
www.cityofmadison.com/clerk
Twitter: @MadisonWIClerk
“We exist to assist.”
HOW TO VERIFY REGISTRATION
From the clerk’s office press release:
In response to Friday’s court ruling regarding the inactivation of voter registrations, the Madison City Clerk’s Office strongly encourages voters to verify their registration status.
Voters with online access may verify their registration by visiting https://MyVote.wi.gov . Toward the top of the webpage, they may select “Search by Name” or “My Voter Info” to search for their voter registration. The website will prompt the voter to enter their name and date of birth.
Once the voter’s registration information appears on the screen, the voter should look for a status of “You are Registered to Vote!” and should verify that the current address listed is accurate. If the voter sees a green button that says, “Click Here to Confirm Your Address,” that means the voter was included in the mailing the Elections Commission recently sent to all voters it believed may have moved. It is imperative that these voters click the green button to confirm their address, if accurate, or click the gray “Update Address” button to update their voter registration online.
Voters without access to the internet are encouraged to contact the City Clerk’s Office to verify their voter registration status.
