Election officials in Wisconsin are reminding voters of the correct date for the state’s spring election after mailers were sent with the wrong date. 

Wisconsin will hold its spring election on April 1, not April 11, as some misleading mailers and other campaign materials said. In the state’s April 1 election, voters will decide on the state’s Supreme Court race, which has the chance to tip the ideological leaning of the court as well as decide the state superintendent and a voter ID question.

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Some residents received campaign mailers that appeared to be in favor of the liberal candidate Susan Crawford in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, but the date of the election was incorrect. 

“Voters should be cautious about any unofficial voting-related communications — including text messages, emails, mailers, phone calls, robocalls, postcards, and more — from unfamiliar sources,” Wisconsin Elections Commission officials wrote in a press release Friday. 

“Sometimes, these misleading communications even appear to mimic communications from an official government source,” the WEC continued. “They often use outdated, incomplete, or simply inaccurate data that they communicate to voters.”

It is unclear what group mailed the misleading fliers, but postage stamps revealed they came from out of state, including California, Connecticut, and New York. Some fliers also had the wrong first name for Crawford. 

While Wisconsin Supreme Court elections are technically nonpartisan, Crawford will face Republican candidate Brad Schimel, the state’s former attorney general, in the race. 

WISCONSIN VOTERS GEAR UP FOR ANOTHER HIGH-STAKES STATE SUPREME COURT RACE

The race has the ability to swing the ideological leaning of the court again after voters resurrected a liberal majority in the 2023 Wisconsin Supreme Court race for the first time in nearly two decades. If Crawford wins the race, liberal-leaning justices would retain control of the high court until at least 2028, as two Republican justices are set to be on the ballot for reelection in 2026 and 2027.

The last day to request an absentee ballot in Wisconsin is March 27. The election will be held the following Tuesday, April 1.