Wisconsin's Top Elections Official Not Worried About Voter Intimidation

Thursday, June 23rd, 2022 -- 12:00 PM

(AP) -Wisconsin’s top elections official said Tuesday that she wasn’t worried about increased voter intimidation or partisan observers at the polls this fall, when the Democratic governor and a Republican U.S. senator are up for reelection in the presidential battleground state.

Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe said at a news conference that she has no reason to believe the state’s Aug. 9 primary will be any different than the state’s two elections this spring, which featured mostly local races that were far less high-profile than the November midterm elections.

Wolfe and Rock County Clerk Lisa Tollefson spoke in advance of the state’s Thursday deadline for clerks to send out requested absentee ballots for the upcoming primary. “My top concerns continue to be election confidence, confidence in the election process, ensuring that people have the information they need to understand elections,” Wolfe said.

She said that concern is not new to this election, “but we are working on a lot of things to get information out to the public.” Among those efforts are social media tools for clerks, news releases and informational videos about the voting process.

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