MADISON – The Wisconsin Elections Commission sent out postcards on June 13 to all Wisconsin registered voters who have not voted in the last four years.
Voters must respond to the postcard by July 15, 2025, to stay registered to vote in Wisconsin.
Here’s what you need to know about the Wisconsin Elections Commission’s effort to keep the voter rolls updated:
What is voter list maintenance?
State law requires the Wisconsin Elections Commission to mail out notices to all voters who have been registered to vote for the past four years but have not voted by the June following a general election.
The notice informs that voters’ registrations will be deactivated unless they request continuation of their registration within 30 days.
If the notice is returned as undeliverable or if the voter does not respond within 30 days, WEC will deactivate the voter’s registration in the statewide voter registration system.
Deactivated voters do not appear on the poll list on Election Day and must re-register to vote again.
What do I do if I receive a post card notice from WEC?
If you received a postcard identified as a “NOTICE OF VOTER REGISTRATION SUSPENSION,” and you are still eligible to be registered to vote in Wisconsin, you can:
More information can be found here.
How do you register to vote in Wisconsin?
Voter requirements vary by state. In Wisconsin, voters need:
Wisconsin has same-day voter registration, meaning voters can register on election day at their assigned polling place. To register to vote, you’ll need to bring proof of address and a valid photo ID.
Want to register to vote ahead of election day? You can do so on the MyVote Wisconsin website.
How may voters were purged the last time voter list maintenance took place?
WEC is required by state law to post voter record maintenance statistics on the agency website.
In 2023, Wisconsin sent out 116,051 notices, according to WEC. Of the notices sent out:
Anna Kleiber can be reached at akleiber@gannett.com.
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Voter record maintenance notices were sent out in Wisconsin. What you need to know if you got one.
Reporting by Anna Kleiber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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