While not as much is for elections at the county level in Wisconsin, they still do a lot of work to prepare others for Election Day.
That’s what Meagan Wolfe, Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator, told an audience gathered at the Manitowoc Public Library Wednesday evening during a presentation she gave about how elections work in the Badger state.
She says a lot of county clerks do a lot of training.
“Whether it’s training poll workers or training their clerks on some of the more timely matters, a lot of our counties, including your clerk right here in Manitowoc County do a lot of this type of training and do an excellent job,” she told those in attendance.
On election night, municipal or local city clerks send the total number of votes collected to the county clerk to be posted online.
But before results can be posted, the ballots must be printed and distributed.
Wolfe says while printing doesn’t seem that that big of a deal, it actually is.
“Especially in a February election or a spring election, we are going to have thousands and thousands of different ballot styles because of all the different local contests that are happening,” she explained.
The ballots and other materials have to be distributed by the 48th day before a federal election or 22 days before a local election.
During her presentation, she explained what happens at the municipal level and at the state and federal levels.
