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New Madison Clerk Ordered to Fix Election Process

August 25, 2025

Alex Shur (photo by Nicholas Wootton)

The fallout from the City of Madison Clerk’s failure to count 193 votes in last November’s election continued to pile up this week.  On August 15, the Wisconsin Election Commission voted 5-1 to issue extraordinarily specific correction orders to the City Clerk’s office, over the objections of interim clerk and city attorney Mike Haas.  Then, on August 20, Mayor Satya Rhoades-Conway announced the appointment of Hennepin County, Minnesota Voter Engagement Director Lydia McComas as the new Madison City Clerk.  McComas takes office on September 29, permanently replacing dismissed former clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl.  Joining us once again to help us sort all this out is Votebeat Wisconsin Alexander Shur.

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