Journey From Ballot To Voter Record

Press release from the City of Wauwatosa:

April 7, 2021

Want to see your voting record? Here’s how votes are certified and how to check for it: All ballots, both at the polls and absentee ballots are put into tabulators on Election Day. Poll workers verify all records, looking at the poll books and the results from voting machines. They also seal ballot bags and fill out chain-of-custody forms. Wauwatosa’s City Clerk reports these unofficial results to Milwaukee County. Results are official once a Board of Canvassers certifies these results.

Within 30 days of the election (45 days for Federal elections), voter records are put into the state's online voter system. Our clerks enter Election Day voter registrations and scan the poll books for each person that voted - a reconciliation process that takes place days following an election. Once this is closed, then voter participation records are current and complete. This means that it will take at least 30-45 days after an election for your voter record on myvote.wi.gov to be updated. You can view your past participation in elections at that time.

This press release was produced by the City of Wauwatosa. The views expressed here are the author’s own.