Bloomington elections chief explains how 'safeguards' caught a rare case of alleged voter fraud

Bloomington’s top elections official said Wednesday that existing safeguards – including one that checks for people voting in other states – helped identify a rare case of alleged voter fraud in the 2024 election.

Bloomington Election Commission [BEC] Executive Director Luke Stremlau said state election officials send them a list of people who may have voted in another state. That triggers a BEC inquiry.

“In this case, it was brought to me in that manner. It’s something that was flagged in both Bloomington and out-of-state [Wisconsin] as well,” Stremlau said.

Of the 37,786 votes cast in Bloomington in the November election, the 55-year-old woman now facing felony charges was the only problematic ballot, Stremlau said. She’s accused of voting twice in the November election – once by mail-in ballot in Wisconsin and then again in person in Bloomington. Stremlau said it’s actually the first case of alleged voter fraud in the three years he’s led the BEC.



https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-10-01/bloomington-elections-chief-explains-how-safeguards-caught-a-rare-case-of-alleged-voter-fraud