APRIL 2025 – Clean elections don’t happen just because your preferred candidate won. You have clean elections when you can measure compliance with election laws. For years, the City of Green Bay, Wisconsin, failed to perform post-election audits of addresses provided by voters during Election-Day Registration. PILF discovered this problem. PILF submitted records requests and made site visits to assess compliance with the law. PILF filed a lawsuit with the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC). After admitting their noncompliance with the law, Green Bay election officials finally began following audit statutes. Meanwhile, PILF is suing Wisconsin in federal court to permanently improve transparency in state elections.
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