On January 27, the Wisconsin Election Commission ruled that Brent Fennessey, a Superior, Wisconsin city council member, should be on the ballot in the upcoming April 2020 election. In Wisconsin, candidates for local office are supposed to certify their petitions before they start to circulate them. Fennessey accidentally showed on his paperwork that he had not certified his petitions until after he had circulated them. So, someone challenged his ballot position at 4:25 pm on the deadline date.

Even though the city clerk’s office closes at 4:30 pm, the city clerk’s office allowed Fennessey into the office at 4:59 pm so he could correct the error. The challenger then complained to the Wisconsin Election Commission that he should not have been allowed to do that. But the Commission sided with the candidate. See this story.