Wisconsin's midterm elections ran without major issues this year, state officials said, after ballot problems in Green Bay earlier in 2026 had raised questions about how the city runs its elections.
In a briefing, the Wisconsin Elections Commission said the midterms went "incredibly smoothly." The assessment followed duplicate ballot errors in Green Bay during the spring and summer elections, problems that led to the exit and replacement of the city's clerk.
Meagan Wolfe, the commission's administrator, thanked local election officials for their work, saying they administered a top-notch election and that she was proud of how polling places were run for the November general election.
Local clerks echoed that account. Karla Endres, the village clerk in Waunakee, said her community saw no disruptions at the polls and that even minor issues did not keep anyone from casting a ballot on Election Day.
Officials also pointed to changes they still want to make. They said they hope to work with state lawmakers to allow some processing of mail-in ballots on the Monday before Election Day, and to make election deadlines and dates more efficient in the future.
