MILWAUKEE, WI — Wisconsin as a battleground state in the 2020 election is a fact that has been well-established. Now, two sides are fighting over about the status of about 230,000 registered voters in the state.

In the City of Milwaukee, there are 35,529 residents who are currently among the roughly 230,000 voters who face being kicked off Wisconsin's registered voter rolls. The 35,529 figure amounts to one out of every 8.3 registered voters in the City of Milwaukee. One side wants to purge these residents from the state's voter rolls, saying they failed to update their address after moving - as required by state law. The other side has filed a countersuit in federal court, saying an imminent purge violates their constitutional right to due process.

Voters Who Moved Are The Issue Earlier this month, the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty filed a lawsuit in Ozaukee County Circuit Court, claiming the Wisconsin Election Commission would violate state election laws if they failed remove residents from state voter rolls if residents fail to update their information within 30 days of moving.

Wisconsin officials answered back, saying the 30-day requirement did not apply because they lack reliable information about which people have actually moved. Some people who have not moved actually received "moving" letters from the state, officials said. Election officials say they want to delay any voter roll purging until after the April 2021 Spring Election. Am I On The List?



According to the Wisconsin Election Commission, residents can check whether they're registered to vote, or whether they've been sent a "moving" letter on MyVote Wisconsin Click this link to go to MyVote Wisconsin. If state election officials sent you a letter because you may have moved, that will be noted on your voter information page on MyVote.

If you did not move, you can tell us you still have the same address. If you did move, you can reregister to vote on the MyVote website, assuming your address information is current with DMV. If it's not current, you can update it with DMV and come back to MyVote and register online, election officials said.

Here is what it looks like on MyVote Wisconsin when you check your voter registration information. Reid Magney, Public Information Officer with the Wisconsin Elections Commission told Patch that most of the people on the list have moved, and do need to re-register.

However, there is a small percentage of people who have not moved, but they had a transaction with DMV that makes it look like they may have moved, he said. Registering a vehicle at an address which is different from their home address is the most common reason.

