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Claim: Representative Tom Tiffany stated that over 150 Green Bay, Wisconsin voters were mailed duplicate absentee ballots for the spring election

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Based on my research, I can verify this claim:

Fact Check Analysis

The claim is TRUE. Representative Tom Tiffany did state that over 150 Green Bay voters were mailed duplicate absentee ballots for the spring election, and this is factually accurate.

Key Evidence:

Tom Tiffany's statement is documented: Townhall reported that Rep. Tom Tiffany said "Over 150 Green Bay voters were mailed DUPLICATE absentee ballots" on social media regarding the April 2026 spring election¹.
The exact number is 152 voters: Multiple sources including WPR, WCIV, NBC 26, Fox 11, and the Republican Party of Wisconsin confirm that 152 voters received duplicate ballots²³⁴⁵⁶. This supports Tiffany's "over 150" characterization.
The incident occurred for the April 7, 2026 spring election: Green Bay City Clerk Celestine Jeffreys confirmed that duplicate absentee ballots were mailed for the spring election (which included the state Supreme Court race)²⁵⁶³.
Cause of the error: The duplicate ballots resulted from a printing error where mailing labels were printed twice during the Blizzard of '26 (Blizzard Elsa), which closed City Hall and forced staff to work quickly to meet mailing deadlines²³⁶⁵.
City response: The clerk's office sent letters to affected voters instructing them to vote only once and destroy the extra ballot³⁵².
Safeguards in place: Election officials stated they conduct daily audits of returned ballots to ensure duplicate votes are not counted, and Wisconsin Elections Commission administrator Meagan Wolfe confirmed that if two ballots are returned, one is rejected per legal process⁴.

Overall validity: 95%