Celestine Jeffreys. PC: Fox 11 Online
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — City Clerk Celestine Jeffreys’ office is taking steps to make sure state law is followed for the Election Day registration process, after conceding the merits of a complaint filed with the state.
The Public Interest Legal Foundation and three residents — Glen Hogan, Joanne Lensing, and David VanderLeest — filed the complaint to the Wisconsin Elections Commission, alleging Jeffreys didn’t properly follow up on postcards to voters verifying their address which are returned to the clerk as “undeliverable.”
In a response filed Monday, Asst. City Attorney Lindsay Mather “concedes” that Jeffreys was not following the law.
“But the failure to do so was inadvertent and due to a lack of awareness of the statutory requirements, and not the result of any willful violation of state law. Upon receipt of this complaint, Clerk Jeffreys began formulating a plan for addressing the undeliverable postcards going forward that aligns with both the statutory requirements and guidance from the Wisconsin Elections Commission, and she will comply with both for all future elections,” Mather wrote.
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