(The Center Square) – Wisconsin deactivated 192,369 voter registrations after those voters had not voted for four years and did not respond to a mailing about registration status.
The process is part of voter maintenance that occurs every two years in the state. It is a four-year process where individuals must notify their clerk if they wish to remain registered if they have not voted for four years.
“Maintaining accurate voter rolls is a year-round priority,” Wisconsin Election Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe said in a statement. “Through the Four-Year Maintenance process and ongoing collaboration with local election officials, we ensure that the voter registration database reflects current, eligible voters by deactivating those who have moved, passed away, or have otherwise become inactive.”
The commission identified 202,593 registered voters in the state who had not voted in four years and mailed those individuals a “Notice of Suspension” postcard asking if the voter wanted to remain registered.
Of those, 9,501 returned the cards within the 30-day window allowed and asked to remain registered while 50,463 were returned as undeliverable and 142,629 did not respond.
Individuals who had their registration deactivated must now register again before being allowed to vote.
