We turn to
Wisconsin Elections Commission
Chair-elect Republican member
Don Millis.
WEC has called on the
U.S. Postal Service to
speed up deliveries
of absentee ballots after
I read
two-thirds of clerks reported
mail delays during the
April 7 election.
How bad was it?
Well, it was so bad that
when the commission staff
sent out a questionnaire
to clerks, they got an
overwhelming and
historic response from clerks.
Typically, clerks don't respond.
There was a huge concern.
The staff have met with
the Postal Service officials.
We are trying to get
what's known as
enhanced delivery procedures
that they would agree to
when we have elections.
This would mean, for example
that when you put a
return a
ballot to Madison
or Grafton or Eau Claire
it wouldn't have to go to
Milwaukee or Minneapolis.
It would go
straight to the clerk.
So those are the things
we're working on.
Those are the things we do
behind the scenes that
no one really seems to pay
much attention to.
I'm glad that you're
paying attention to it
that we can really
make sure that
our elections are done
effectively and efficiently.