Nearly 200 ballots went uncounted in Wisconsin, officials want to know why
Wisconsin Elections Commission voted unanimously to investigate whether Madison City Clerk Maribeth Wetzel-Biehl failed to comply with state law or abused her discretion. Commission members said they were concerned the clerk's office didn't inform them of the problem until late December, almost a month and a half after the election. Commission Chair Ann Jacobs certified Wisconsin's election results on November 29.
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Wetzel-Biehl's office said in a statement that the number of uncounted votes didn't affect the outcome of any race or referendum on the ballots. But Jacobs said the oversight was «so egregious» that the commission must determine what happened and how it can be prevented as spring elections approach.
«We are the final canvassers,» Jacobs said. «We are the final arbiters of votes in the state of Wisconsin and we need to know why those ballots weren't included anywhere.»
Wetzel-Biehl said in an email to The Associated Press that her office looks forward to working with the commission to determine what happened and how to prevent the same issues in future elections.
It's another misstep for Wetzel-Biehl, who announced in September that her office mistakenly sent out up to 2,000 duplicate absentee ballots. She blamed it on a data processing error.
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