Wisconsin clerk who failed to count almost 200 ballots resigns amid internal investigation

Madison clerk resigns amid probe into uncounted November absentee ballots

Madison's long-serving city clerk resigns amid a state probe into the handling of absentee ballots and delayed disclosure to election officials.

Madison, Wisconsin, city clerk resigns as investigation into 200 uncounted ballots continues​​

Madison, Wisconsin, City Clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl resigned after being placed on paid administrative leave amid an investigation into uncounted absentee ballots from the 2024 general election. Witzel-Behl led the department for nearly two decades after she was appointed to the…

Madison city clerk resigns amid investigation into 2024 ballot snafu

Reading Time: 3 minutesMadison’s city clerk, Maribeth Witzel-Behl, resigned Monday as the city and state continued to look into how she and her staff lost track of nearly 200 ballots that never got counted in November.Witzel-Behl, who took the post in 2006, gained wide recognition for running elections in the state’s second largest city during the pandemic and multiple presidential elections. In all, she oversaw more than 60 elections.But her re…

Madison's embattled city clerk resigns amid investigation into uncounted ballots

Maribeth Witzel-Behl has served in the position since 2006, overseeing more than 60 elections, but was put on paid leave over an absentee ballot error in the November election.

Wisconsin clerk who failed to count almost 200 ballots in resigns amid internal investigation

Wisconsin's capital city's municipal clerk has resigned amid investigations into how she failed to count nearly 200 ballots in November's elections.

Madison City Clerk resigns amid ongoing ballot investigation

MADISON — The City of Madison’s city clerk has resigned from her post as the Wisconsin Elections Commission investigates nearly 200 absentee ballots that went uncounted during the 2024 presidential election. Maribeth Witzel-Behl was appointed to in 2006, but had been on administrative leave since March while the City of Madison and WEC investigates how the ballots were left uncounted in courier bags. “On behalf of City of Madison residents, I wa…