Milwaukee Central Count Officials Acknowledge Primary Results Reporting Mistake
The commission said the mistake did not change vote totals and that records from the Aug. 11 primary will be posted online by Sept. 4.
- On Friday, Milwaukee Election Commission Executive Director Paulina Gutierrez sent state officials a letter explaining the Aug. 11 primary delay, revealing staff mistakenly downloaded audit logs instead of election results from five of nine tabulators.
- While processing nearly 27,000 absentee ballots across nine high-speed tabulators, staff transferred audit logs onto five secure data sticks; Gutierrez acknowledged written procedures were available at the time but the error occurred.
- The reporting discrepancy delayed unofficial results by about one hour, though election security and accuracy remained uncompromised. "MEC takes responsibility for the error," the commission stated in its letter to state officials.
- Wisconsin Elections Commission officials plan to vote on a letter regarding the incident at their Monday meeting, citing that providing transparency into Milwaukee's system is a critical service to voters.
- MEC will demonstrate the download process during pre-election testing and publish audit logs and related records online by Sep. 4, 2026, while staff will verbally confirm selections with bipartisan observers.
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Milwaukee central count officials acknowledge primary results reporting mistake - The Daily Bo Snerdley
(The Center Square) – The Milwaukee Election Commission acknowledged that a team led by its deputy director mistakenly selected and downloaded an audit log instead of election results on five of nine tabulators at its central count facility on the state’s primary election night, leading to a delay in reporting unofficial results. The commission said that it would make public records related to the Aug. 11 primary available online by Sept. 4, a…
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Milwaukee central count officials acknowledge primary results reporting mistake
(The Center Square) – The Milwaukee Election Commission acknowledged that a team led by its deputy director mistakenly selected and downloaded an audit log instead of election results on five of nine tabulators at its central count facility on the…
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