Federal DOJ Sending Election Observers to Wisconsin

Voters stand in line Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026, outside the Gates of Heaven Synagogue in Madison, Wis. Angela Major/WPR The U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday it would be monitoring elections in all 50 states, including Wisconsin, with federal election monitors deployed in Milwaukee and Madison. That’s nothing out of the ordinary, according to Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe. “In Wisconsin we’ve always had federal observers from U.S. DOJ,” Wolfe said. She said federal authorities contact municipalities to say they will be sending observers to their community, although they do not specify the polling place. She said it is not unusual for Madison and Milwaukee, the state’s largest cities, to be the focus. “It does not sound like anything unusual in terms of how that will be administered,” Wolfe said. She said municipalities are also told the number of observers who will be sent to the community. Wolfe said this year she believes that fewer than 10 DOJ obse