Wisconsin Government Accountability Board

Wisconsin Government Accountability Board
Agency overview
Formed(2008-01-10)January 10, 2008
Preceding agency
  • Wisconsin Elections Board (1973–2008)
Dissolved(2016-06-29)June 29, 2016
Superseding agencies
Headquarters212 E. Washington Ave.
Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
43°4′36.732″N 89°22′56.028″W / 43.07687000°N 89.38223000°W / 43.07687000; -89.38223000
Employees48.75 (2015)[1]
Annual budget$14,007,000 (2015)[1]
Websitegab.wi.gov (Archived)

The Wisconsin Government Accountability Board (G.A.B.) was a regulatory agency of the U.S. state of Wisconsin which administered and enforced Wisconsin law pertaining to campaign finance, elections, ethics, and lobbying. The board was composed of six retired Wisconsin judges who served staggered, six-year terms. The board was created in 2007 as an attempt to reform and modernize Wisconsin's elections and ethics management. The board was dissolved in 2016 by the Republican legislature and replaced by two new commissions with explicitly partisan appointees (Wisconsin Ethics Commission & Wisconsin Elections Commission), over the objections of Democratic legislators.

  1. ^ a b Pohlman, Julie; Lemanski, Lynn, eds. (2015). "Executive Branch" (PDF). Wisconsin Blue Book 2015-2016 (Report). Madison, Wisconsin: Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. p. 405. ISBN 978-0-9752820-7-6. Retrieved April 3, 2023.