A nonpartisan audit of the 2020 presidential race results in Wisconsin found no evidence of widespread voter fraud and determined the swing state's election had been 'largely safe and secure.'
, released on Friday by the state's Legislative Audit Bureau, is the result of interviews with the Wisconsin Elections Commission staff; surveys of all 1,835 municipal clerks and 72 county clerks; analysis of voter registration data; the physical review of "14,710 certificates that accompanied absentee ballots returned to clerks in 29 municipalities throughout the state, [and review of] the results of 175 statutorily required tests of electronic voting equipment that clerks in 25...
Auditors also reviewed all 45 sworn or written complaints about the November 2020 general election that had been filed with WEC through late May of this year. Auditors identified 24 people who may have had two active voter registrations and shared with WEC those names, including four who might have actually voted twice.Those recommendations included improved maintenance of voter registration records, in part by cooridinating with the state's Department of Transportation, Department of Health Services and Election Registration Information Center.
Republican state Sen. Robert Cowles, who co-chaired the Joint Legislative Audit Committee. “It’s my hope that we can now look at election law changes & agency accountability measures in a bipartisan manner based on these nonpartisan recommendations.