Several clerks have requested guidance regarding an email communication from the Wisconsin Grassroots Network. The email includes statements asserting and implying that the statutory procedures for machine counting of ballots may be unreliable or insecure, statements which the Government Accountability Board (G.A.B.) strongly disputes. While the G.A.B. appreciates the interest of citizens in the voting process, the G.A.B. offers the following guidance and directives in response to this communication.