Wisconsin voter database kinks persist

State board delays setting rules on provisional ballots By STACY FORSTER sforster@journalsentinel.com Madison - The state Government Accountability Board will wait to see how the state's new voter database works before developing rules for dealing with voters whose registration information doesn't match state records. The board had been poised to adopt a rule allowing voters to cast provisional ballots on election day if election officials aren’t able to match their voter registration data with state records and they don’t bring necessary proof of residence to the polls. Provisional ballots would be counted only if a voter provided the proof by the next day. But the board decided last week not to put a rule in place until it knows how the system is working and how many voters are affected by an inability to match data. “The... [read full story]