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Wisconsin Elections Officials Invest in Safety and Security
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Meagan Wolfe outlined the state's election security preparations in 2026.
Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe outlined the state's election security preparations in 2026, including measures on cybersecurity, election observers and voter intimidation.
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Wisconsin Elections Officials Invest in Safety and Security
Clip: Season 2500 Episode 2516 | 1m 38sVideo has Closed Captions
Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe outlined the state's election security preparations in 2026, including measures on cybersecurity, election observers and voter intimidation.
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>> As messages from the federal level say there is massive voter fraud.
The Wisconsin Elections upon voters that the midterms will be safe and secure.
>> No one can ever prepare for the exact scenarios they may encounter, but our election officials take it very seriously to lay the groundwork to support any contingencies that might come our way at the state and local level.
We've also keeping pace with changing, with the changing cybersecurity environment to ensure that election systems and voter data are secured and protected.
Our poll books around the state are painstakingly updated by each of our clerks to ensure that voter lists are as accurate and up to date as possible, and that only lawful registered voters appear on each poll list.
I think that as a swing states and as a battleground, states in elections, Wisconsin is used to having a lot of observers and attention.
So having observers from congressional offices, from U.S.
DOJ.
This is not abnormal.
This is a normal part of Wisconsin elections that those folks come to observe.
And the law does not allow voter intimidation.
There are federal laws that prohibit armed federal officers from being at the polls.
And so we expect everything to be conducted in accordance with the law.
We have not heard anything that suggests that there will be anything outside of that.
But certainly we have a well established structure for getting information from the local officials and for working with our legal structure in order to address anything that might come our way.
come our way.
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