Board of Canvass — Minutes

COUNTY BOARD OF CANVASSERS PARTISAN PRIMARY ELECTION AUGUST 11, 2026 The Ozaukee County Board of Canvass met Monday, August 17, 2026 in Room 118 of the Administration Center for the purpose of canvassing the August 11, 2026 Partisan Primary Election. Meeting called to order at 8:03am. Present: County Clerk Kretlow, Republican Party Representative Carol Boettcher, Democratic Party Representative Nick Korger, Deputy County Clerk Hoff (8:15 am) and Chief Deputy County Clerk Henning Others present: Sam Liebert, All Voting is Local (9:25am) County Clerk Kretlow reviewed the steps taken to prepare for the County Board of Canvassers. The Board of Canvass accepted the information. There are no registered write-in candidates for the Ozaukee County races. The registered write-in candidates for Governor (Republican, Democratic and Constitution) are listed on the write-in tally sheets and the valid write-in votes received for each reporting unit have been tallied. All votes for nonregistered write-in candidates remain in “scattering”. There were no provisional ballots cast in Ozaukee County. The following are the findings, by reporting unit, of the Board of Canvassers upon review of the election results. Town of Belgium: ICE - 392 Voter List – 392 Town of Cedarburg: Wards 1,2: ICE - 406 Voter List – 406 Wards 3,4 ICE – 380 Voter List – 380 Wards 5,6,10: ICE - 524 Voter List – 524 Wards 7,8,9: ICE - 504 Voter List – 504 Town of Fredonia: ICE – 479 Voter List – 479 The zero tape was separated from the results tape. Town of Grafton: Wards 1,2,5 ICE - 583 Voter List – 583 Wards 3,4,6: ICE - 613 Voter List – 613 Ozaukee County Board of Canvassers August 17, 2026 Page 2 of 5 Town of Port Washington: ICE - 419 Voter List – 419 Town of Saukville: ICE – 463 Voter List – 463 Village of Bayside: ICE - 37 Voter List – 37 Village of Belgium: ICE – 563 Voter List – 563 Village of Fredonia: ICE – 449 Voter List – 449 Village of Grafton: Wards 1,2 ICE - 550 Voter List – 550 Wards 3,4 ICE – 402 Voter List – 402 Wards 5,6 ICE – 437 Voter List – 437 Wards 7,8 ICE – 407 Voter List – 407 Wards 9,10 ICE – 539 Voter List – 539 Wards 11,12 ICE – 355 Voter List – 355 Wards 13,14 ICE - 583 Voter List – 584 Voter #410 was registered and issued a voter number before realizing the voter was on the adjudicated incompetent list. Voter was stopped before receiving ballot. Voter # on poll book is 584 and Voter # on ICE machine is 583. Manual count of ballots is 583. Ward 15 ICE – 85 Voter List – 85 Mr. Korger and Ms. Boettcher questioned the reason for the rejected absentee ballot as the written explanation was not clear . Mr. Korger and Ms. Boettcher opened the Certificate of Rejected Absentee Ballot Envelope (EL-102) to review the application/certificate envelope (EL -122) to determine the exact reason for rejection to be certain the ballot was rejected correctly. Mr. Korger and Ms. Boettcher determined the ballot was rejected correctly and resealed the application/certification envelope in a new Certificate of Rejected Absentee Ballot Envelope (EL-102). Ozaukee County Board of Canvassers August 17, 2026 Page 3 of 5 Village of Newburg: ICE – 11 Voter List – 11 Village of Saukville: Wards 1,6,7,8 ICE - 453 Voter List – 453 Wards 2,3,4,5 ICE - 411 Voter List – 411 Village of Thiensville: Wards 1,2: ICE - 606 Voter List – 606 Wards 3,4: ICE - 393 Voter List – 393 Break: 9:50 am Reconvene: 9:55 am City of Cedarburg: Ward 1: ICE - 633 Voter List – 633 Ward 2: ICE - 465 Voter List – 465 Ward 3: ICE - 464 Voter List – 464 Ward 4: ICE - 421 Voter List – 421 Ward 5: ICE - 451 Voter List – 451 Ward 6: ICE - 515 Voter List – 515 Ward 7: ICE - 576 Voter List – 576 City of Mequon: Wards 1,2,3: ICE – 815 Voter List – 814 The Inspectors’ Statement indicates the ballots were manually counted: 815 ballots. One (1) less voter than ballots because of a Badger Book scanner malfunction allowing a Ward 4 voter to “check-in” and receive a Ward 1,2,3 ballot. Ozaukee County Board of Canvassers August 17, 2026 Page 4 of 5 City of Mequon: Ward 4: ICE – 479 Voter List – 478 The Inspectors’ Statement indicates the ballots were manually counted: 479 ballots. One (1) voter inadvertently received a Ward 5 ballot. The total number of ballots counted for both reporting units equals 1042. The total number of voters for both reporting units equals 1042. Ward 5: ICE – 563 Voter List – 564 The Inspectors’ Statement indicates the ballots were manually counted: 563 ballots. One (1) voter inadvertently received a Ward 4 ballot. The total number of ballots counted for both reporting units equals 1042. The total number of voters for both reporting units equals 1042. Wards 6,7,8: ICE – 790 Voter List – 790 Wards 7A: ICE - 69 Voter List – 69 Wards 9,11A: ICE - 746 Voter List – 741 The Inspectors’ Statement indicates the ballots were manually counted: 746 ballots. Five (5) voters inadvertently received a Ward 10,11 ballot. The total number of ballots counted for both reporting units equals 987. The total number of voters for both reporting units equals 987. Wards 10,11: ICE –241 Voter List – 246 The Inspectors’ Statement indicates the ballots were manually counted: 241 ballots. Five (5) voters inadvertently received a Ward 9,11A ballot. The total number of ballots counted for both reporting units equals 987. The total number of voters for both reporting units equals 987. Wards 12,13: ICE – 589 Voter List – 589 Wards 14,15,16: ICE - 933 Voter List – 936 The Inspectors’ Statement indicates the ballots were manually counted: 933 ballots. After Badger Book testing on Monday, four (4) test voters were not zeroed out. Voter #3 of the test voters came to vote on election day resulting in 3 remaining voters checked in but did not receive a ballot. Therefore, the total numbers of ballots equal the total number of voters – 933. Ward 17,18: ICE - 994 Voter List – 994 Wards 19,20: ICE - 878 Voter List – 878 Ozaukee County Board of Canvassers August 17, 2026 Page 5 of 5 City of Port Washington: Ward 1,9: ICE – 405 Voter List – 403 Incorrect zero tape printed as the ICE machine was improperly re-zeroed at the end of the Public Test. The zero tape did reflect zero at the opening of the polls. The Inspectors’ Statement indicates the ballots were manually counted: 405 ballots. One (1) voter was deactivated in WisVote and did not appear on the poll list. The voter was added to the supplemental poll list making the total number of voters 404. In addition, one (1) voter inadvertently received a Ward 7 ballot. The total number of ballots counted for both reporting units equals 854. The total number of voters for both reporting units equals 854. Per the Board of Canvassers, the Voter Statistics section of the Inspectors’ Statement and the Last Voter Number on the Voter List should have reflected 403 +1 Supplemental Voter for a total of 404 voters. Ward 7: ICE – 449 Voter List – 449 Incorrect zero tape printed as the ICE machine was improperly re-zeroed at the end of the Public Test. The zero tape did reflect zero at the opening of the polls. The Inspectors’ Statement indicates the ballots were manually counted: 449 ballots. One (1) voter was a hospitalized voter and did not appear on the poll list. The voter was added to the supplemental poll list making the total number of voters 450. In addition, one (1) voter inadvertently received a Ward 1,9 ballot. The total number of ballots counted for both reporting units equals 854. The total number of voters for both reporting units equals 854. Per the Board of Canvassers, the Voter Statistics section of the Inspectors’ Statement and the Last Voter Number on the Voter List should have reflected 449 +1 Supplemental Voter for a total of 450 voters. Ward 2: ICE - 422 Voter List – 422 Ward 3: ICE - 445 Voter List – 445 Ward 4,8: ICE – 449 Voter List – 449 Ward 5: ICE – 430 Voter List – 430 Ward 6 ICE – 303 Voter List – 303 Final reports were reviewed and signed by the canvass members. Moved by Ms. Boettcher, seconded by Mr. Korger to adjourn the meeting at 1:35pm. Motion carried. Lisa M. Henning, Chief Deputy County Clerk