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Trump re-ups myth about Wisconsin voter numbers. Here are the facts

Portrait of Molly BeckMolly Beck

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Jan. 30, 2026, 11:59 a.m. CT



FBI searches Georgia election center in 2020 election-related probe

The FBI executed a search warrant at the Fulton County Elections Hub & Operations Center near Atlanta as part of probe related to the 2020 election.

MADISON - President Donald Trump is again amplifying false claims about Wisconsin's system of elections.



Trump shared other social media users' posts and videos that claim Wisconsin has around 3 million more registered voters than adults in the state, arguing state election officials are perpetuating mass voter fraud.

The claims, which have roots in Trump's baseless campaign to sow doubt in his 2020 presidential election loss, are at the heart of conspiracy theories about Wisconsin's recent elections − none of which have been proven to be true.



Here's what to know:

Wisconsin does not have 7 million registered voters

The claims shared by Trump allege the state has more than 7 million registered voters, which is false.

The state of Wisconsin had 3.6 active registered voters as of Jan. 1, according to the Wisconsin Elections Commission.

The state has 4.6 million inactive voters, according to the commission. That means the former voters died, moved away, registered in another state, were convicted of a felony crime, deemed incompetent to vote by a judge or were removed from the state's voter rolls because of inactivity.

People listed as inactive voters cannot vote again without registering to vote again, which requires providing a proof-of-residence document, according to the commission.

The claim comes from an election conspiracy theorist

A video shared by Trump includes footage of testimony from Peter Bernegger, an election conspiracy theorist who has been convicted of fraud.

Bernegger makes the claim by pointing out the state's voter list typically only grows.

That is partially true but not for the reasons Bernegger alleges. State election officials keep inactive names on hand to be able to catch people trying to register to vote under a dead person's name, for example, or to flag a person registering in two different states.

This is different than the list election officials use to track active registered voters, known as pollbooks. Only registered and active voters appear there.

Posts made as FBI executed search warrant in another swing state

Trump reintroduced the false claims about Wisconsin's elections on the same day the FBI searched an election office in Georgia's Fulton County outside Atlanta seeking information about the 2020 election.

Trump lost to former President Joe Biden in both Georgia and Wisconsin during that election. The FBI said in a statement that its agents executed a warrant at the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center in Union City, a large, warehouse-like facility opened by Georgia officials in 2023, and called it a "court-authorized law enforcement activity."

The warrant "sought a number of records related to 2020 elections," the Fulton County government said in a statement about the search.The FBI agents were looking to seize computers and ballots they believed were held at the facility as part of an investigation into possible election interference.

"Tip of iceberg" - John spreads election misinformation (again) about Wisconsin voters. Full explanation on Trump's claims in comments.