Monday, April 15, 2024 | 9 a.m. to 12 noon
Webinar
This CLE webinar will provide a primer on citizen participation and rights with respect to the electoral process, as well as offer insight into the challenges that government officials face in managing elections on a local and statewide basis. Attendees will not only learn about broader legal issues that arise in elections generally, but also learn specifically about issues that arise in Wisconsin.
9 a.m. | Roles of Election Officials and Preparing for a Presidential Election Year
Presenter: Meagan Wolfe, Administrator, Wisconsin Elections Commission
Who runs elections in Wisconsin and how do Wisconsin’s election officials prepare for a presidential election year? This presentation will explore the roles and responsibilities of election officials at each level of government and touch on the many tasks they need to complete to administer four or more elections in a Presidential Election year.
9:55 a.m. | Break
10 a.m. | Challenges of the Modern Election Official
Presenters: Scott McDonell, Dane County Clerk and Michael Haas, City of Madison Attorney
Hear about the challenges that local election officials are facing and the legal, administrative and election security issues that are on their mind as they prepare for another high-profile election in a key battleground state.
10:50 a.m. | Break
11 a.m. | Intimidation at the Polls
Presenter: Professor Steven Wright, UW Law School
12 noon | Adjournment
Credits: 3.0 CLE (applied for) | Cost: $60.00
- You will receive an email with information about joining the Zoom webinar within two business days of registering.
- Refunds are not available for cancellations or registrants who do not attend the webinar.
- Contact Amy Thornton for information on the group registration option.
- Registration closes at 4 p.m. on April 12, 2024.
Speakers
Michael Haas
Michael Haas has served as Madison City Attorney since May 2020. He previously worked in various legal and management positions at Wisconsin Government Accountability Board and the Wisconsin Elections Commission, including as the first Administrator of the Wisconsin Elections Commission. Mike started his legal career with the law firm of Roethe Krohn Pope, LLP, where his practice focused on municipal law as well as general practice matters. Mike received his undergraduate degree in Government from Harvard University and his J.D from the University of Wisconsin Law School.
Scott McDonell
Scott McDonell is the elected County Clerk in Dane County, Wisconsin. He has held the position since he was first elected clerk in 2013.
McDonell previously served as a Dane County supervisor representing a downtown Madison district for 17 years, from 1996 to 2013. He served as Dane County Board Chair for his final eight years on the board, a position elected by his board peers.
McDonell is the only clerk in the country to oversee two presidential recounts (2016, 2020).
Meagan Wolfe
Meagan Wolfe is administrator of the Wisconsin Elections Commission, serving as the state’s chief election official since 2018. Being an election security advocate and ambassador for the needs of Wisconsin’s voters and 1,922 local election officials (the most of any state) are among her highest priorities. Meagan joined state service in 2011.
Professor Steven Wright
Steven Wright teaches criminal appellate law at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School.
Before joining the University of Wisconsin faculty, Professor Wright was a trial attorney in the Voting Section of the United States Department of Justice. He litigated cases to enforce the Voting Rights Act, the Civil Rights Acts, National Voter Registration Act, and the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act. He also clerked for the Honorable Lavenski Smith, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
His expertise in race, criminal practice and procedure, the courts and civil rights has appeared in, among others, the New York Times, the Washington Post, NBC's Today show, Bloomberg Radio, CBS News, NBC News, National Public Radio, USA Today, Politico, CNN, and the Associated Press. His expertise has also appeared in international media outlets including The Australian Broadcasting Channel, the Canadian Broadcasting Channel, Japan's Asahi Shimbun.
Professor Wright is also former member of the Wisconsin Judicial Council. From 2018-2019, he served as the chair of the appellate rules committee, which studies and recommends changes to the Wisconsin Rules of Appellate Procedure.
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