REPORT: Wisconsin Elections Official Committed ‘Significant Violations’ In Uncounted Ballot Scandal

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Report: Wisconsin Elections Official Committed ‘Significant Violations’ In Uncounted Ballot Scandal

By: M.D. Kittle, The Federalist, April 30, 2025

Former Madison Clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl was derelict in her duties in a scandal involving nearly 200 uncounted ballots, a new report finds.

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The Wisconsin election official who resigned after her office failed to count nearly 200 absentee ballots in November’s presidential election violated city policy and the terms of her contract, according to an internal report released on Tuesday.

Former Madison City Clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl was derelict in her duties, “inconsistent” in her testimony, and failed to meet myriad expectations of her post, according to the 14-page investigative findings. The report identified “significant violations” committed by the elections official.

“While the mistake in getting the ballots counted on Election Night appears to have been primarily a process of training failure that could have been avoided, there were multiple opportunities for the ballots to have subsequently been counted after Election Day,” the report, prepared by the city’s Human Resources director and the Parks superintendent, said. “The failure to do so was a dereliction of duties on the part of the City Clerk.”

The report hammers Witzel-Behl for all manner of election oversight negligence, after leftist Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway praised the former clerk for her many years of service following her resignation, including kudos for Witzel-Behl’s commitment to “inclusivity.”

“On behalf of City of Madison residents, I want to extend my gratitude to Maribeth for her commitment and dedication to public service,” Rhodes-Conway said in a press release. “Maribeth embodies the motto she brought to the Clerk’s Office: ‘We exist to assist.’ I wish her the very best in future endeavors.”

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Documents show the former clerk spent portions of 19 days on vacation following the election, as her staff members discovered and attempted to deal with the uncounted ballots. Among other deficiencies, Witzel-Behl failed to “demonstrate attention, care, and efficiency in the performance of her duties related to the uncounted ballots to mitigate an unprecedented failure in the election process,” according to the report.

The embattled former clerk stepped down earlier this month with her office facing an unprecedented state investigation. That probe, conducted by the Wisconsin Elections Commission, is ongoing and involves depositions of Witzel-Behl and other city elections officials.

After the clerk resigned, the city suspended its investigation, which the mayor said “was a necessary step to maintain public confidence in the operations of our Clerk’s office.”

City spokesman Dylan Brogan previously told The Federalist that state law prevented the release of the probe’s report until Witzel-Behl had an opportunity to review the findings.

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