The Wisconsin Election Commission advised election officials to continue preparing for mail voting.
Posted by Badlands Media, Checked
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Badlands MediaSep 16, 2026
None of the provided sources reports the Wisconsin Election Commission advising election officials to continue preparing for mail voting as of 2026-09-16. Reuters (2026-09-15) describes election officials preparing for disruptions from the federal mail-voting plan, and the Wisconsin Commission's later guidance (Oct 2026) concerns absentee deadlines and clerk instructions, which are nearby but different.
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What was said
… Multiple election officials have publicly said this. They've, Joni just put the link in the, one of our last briefs that we just filed. But there have been multiple, in addition to these briefs, Wisconsin Election Commission advised their election officials to continue preparing for mail voting, and every election official I know in the country is doing that. They are preparing for the mail voting under their state laws, as they've always done, extremely well. …
Badlands Media · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Context. Reuters (2026-09-15) reports that election officials nationwide prepared for disruption from the Trump administration's mail-voting plan, and that Dane County was preparing for possible federal interference, but it does not mention any Wisconsin Commission advisory.[1]
Context. Wisconsin Elections Commission guidance in the sources concerns absentee ballot deadlines and clerk preparations in October 2026, a different time and subject from the September advisory the claim describes.[2][3][4]
Context. The claimant's own passage (the post itself) makes the assertion, but a speaker's statement is not evidence and cannot corroborate it.
Sources
4 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 2 not rated
- 1Election officials prepare for chaos as Trump seeks to tilt ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Why vote count spikes are a normal part of electionssnopes.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3Election guide: What to know for the 2026 General Election in ...wmtv15news.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 4Are you ready to vote? Election officials tout preparations ahead of Nov. 3rd electionwsaw.com · not rated · cited for: context
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