Wisconsin elections head won’t testify at reappointment hearing that state AG says is improper
1 year, 3 months ago

Wisconsin elections head won’t testify at reappointment hearing that state AG says is improper

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s top elections official said she will not testify next week at a Senate committee hearing on her reappointment, leaning on a letter from the state attorney general that says lawmakers have no authority to force a vote on firing her. Republicans who control the Senate have vowed to oust Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe before the 2024 presidential election. Democratic elections commissioners hoped that by not nominating Wolfe, they could avoid a confirmation vote and keep her in office indefinitely under a recent state Supreme Court ruling that conservatives have used to maintain control of key policy boards. Kaul announced that he was representing the elections commission and said “there is no question” that state law allows Wolfe to stay in office as a holdover.

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Wisconsin election chair certifies Trump’s victory in back-to-the-routine teleconference
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Wisconsin election chair certifies Trump’s victory in back-to-the-routine teleconference

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s election commission leader quietly certified Donald Trump ’s victory on Friday, moving past the chaos that surrounded the 2020 election results in the battleground state. Commission Chair Ann Jacobs certified results that show Trump won the state with 1,697,626 votes compared to Democrat Kamala Harris’ 1,668,229 votes during a morning Zoom teleconference that lasted six minutes. …

Wisconsin Supreme Court considers case affecting future of state’s elections leader
1 month ago

Wisconsin Supreme Court considers case affecting future of state’s elections leader

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Supreme Court grappled Monday with a case affecting whether the swing state’s nonpartisan top elections official, who has been targeted by Republican lawmakers over the 2020 presidential election, can remain in her post despite not being reappointed and confirmed by the state Senate. Republicans who control the state Senate tried to fire Wisconsin Elections Commission …

Wisconsin primary voters oust more than a half-dozen legislators, setting stage for Dem push in fall
4 months, 1 week ago

Wisconsin primary voters oust more than a half-dozen legislators, setting stage for Dem push in fall

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Legislature’s loudest election conspiracy theorist lost her job along with a handful of other incumbent lawmakers in Tuesday’s primary, solidifying the field of contenders as Democrats prepare to mount a major push to retake control of the Assembly for the first time in almost 15 years. Republican Sen. Dan Knodl opted to run for Brandjten’s …

Bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission unanimously chooses Democrat as chair for 2 years
6 months, 1 week ago

Bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission unanimously chooses Democrat as chair for 2 years

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The same Democrat who led the Wisconsin Elections Commission during the contested 2020 presidential election will be back in the helm in the swing state this year after being unanimously elected Monday by the bipartisan panel. The unanimous vote included one from a Republican commissioner who attempted to cast Wisconsin’s electoral votes for Donald Trump in 2020 …

Wisconsin Republican leader derides GOP impeachment attempt targeting state’s top elections official
11 months ago

Wisconsin Republican leader derides GOP impeachment attempt targeting state’s top elections official

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A Republican attempt to impeach Wisconsin’s nonpartisan top elections official is nothing more than “a big show for the cameras” and will be ignored, the Assembly’s GOP majority leader said Thursday. Several Republican lawmakers, including the state Senate president, have called for Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe to be impeached over her handling of the 2020 …

Wisconsin’s embattled elections leader is legally holding the position, judge rules
11 months, 1 week ago

Wisconsin’s embattled elections leader is legally holding the position, judge rules

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin judge ruled Friday that the state’s top elections official is legally holding her position and that the commission that appoints her is under no obligation to name a new leader, handing yet another defeat to Republicans who have tried to oust her. “I agree with WEC that the public expects stability in its elections system …

Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos targeted for recall for not supporting Trump
11 months, 1 week ago

Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos targeted for recall for not supporting Trump

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Backers of former President Donald Trump filed a petition Wednesday seeking to recall Wisconsin Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos from office, citing Vos’ opposition to Trump and his not moving forward with impeaching the state’s top elections official. Vos faced a primary challenge in 2022 from Adam Steen, who was backed by Trump and argued that Vos …

Republicans propose dissolving Wisconsin Elections Commission
1 year ago

Republicans propose dissolving Wisconsin Elections Commission

Raw Story  

A group of Republican lawmakers have released a proposal to dissolve the Wisconsin Elections Commission and shift the administration of the state’s elections to the secretary of state. Rep. Lee Snodgrass says the bill is another example of Republicans trying to change the rules when things don’t go their way, this time trying to give themselves the power to oversee …

Wisconsin GOP leader downplays pressure to impeach state election administrator
1 year, 1 month ago

Wisconsin GOP leader downplays pressure to impeach state election administrator

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s Republican Assembly leader on Tuesday downplayed pressure he’s receiving from former President Donald Trump and fellow GOP lawmakers to impeach the state’s nonpartisan elections administrator, saying such a vote is “unlikely” to happen. Some Republicans have been trying to oust state elections administrator Meagan Wolfe, who was in her position during the 2020 election narrowly lost …

Wisconsin judge rules that GOP-controlled Senate’s vote to fire top elections official had no effect
1 year, 1 month ago

Wisconsin judge rules that GOP-controlled Senate’s vote to fire top elections official had no effect

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A vote by the Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate last month to fire the state’s nonpartisan top elections official had no legal effect, and lawmakers are barred from ousting her while a lawsuit plays out, a Dane County judge ruled on Friday. Administrator Meagan Wolfe will continue serving as head of the Wisconsin Elections Commission pending a decision on …

Wisconsin Republicans admit vote to fire elections chief had no legal effect
1 year, 2 months ago

Wisconsin Republicans admit vote to fire elections chief had no legal effect

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Republican Wisconsin lawmakers working to oust the state’s nonpartisan top elections official have admitted that a state Senate vote to fire her last month has no legal effect. In a change of course from recent calls to impeach Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe, leaders of the GOP-controlled Legislature said in court documents filed Friday that the …

Republican leader of Wisconsin Assembly says he won’t move to impeach state’s top elections official
1 year, 2 months ago

Republican leader of Wisconsin Assembly says he won’t move to impeach state’s top elections official

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The Republican leader of the Wisconsin Assembly said Thursday that he will not pursue impeachment for the presidential battleground state’s nonpartisan top elections official, despite calls from the Republican president of the state Senate to do so. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos told a WKOW-TV reporter that he will wait until a judge has determined whether the Republican-controlled …

Top Wisconsin Senate Republican calls on Assembly to impeach state’s top elections official
1 year, 2 months ago

Top Wisconsin Senate Republican calls on Assembly to impeach state’s top elections official

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The Republican president of the Wisconsin Senate on Wednesday called on the Assembly to impeach the presidential battleground state’s nonpartisan top elections official, who has remained in office while Democrats fight in court against a Senate vote to fire her. Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe’s actions “could rise to the level of corrupt conduct in office,” …

Wisconsin Senate Republicans vote to reject commissioner who backed disputed top elections official
1 year, 2 months ago

Wisconsin Senate Republicans vote to reject commissioner who backed disputed top elections official

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Republicans who control the Wisconsin Senate’s elections committee retaliated Tuesday against one of the three Democratic elections commissioners who tried to block them from voting to fire the state’s nonpartisan top elections official earlier this year. The committee voted along party lines against confirming Democratic Commissioner Joseph Czarnezki, who was appointed to the Wisconsin Elections Commission in …

We're headed into a very scary time as Wisconsin is identified as a top worry for election watchdog
1 year, 3 months ago

We're headed into a very scary time as Wisconsin is identified as a top worry for election watchdog

Raw Story  

David Becker, executive director of The Center for Election Innovation & Research and co-author of “The Big Truth: Upholding Democracy in the Age of the Big Lie,” said Tuesday that Wisconsin is “on the top of my list” of places that could be engulfed by chaos after the 2024 election. “That tells you how bad it’s been.” While Becker’s focus …

Wisconsin Republicans propose impeaching top elections official after disputed vote to fire her
1 year, 3 months ago

Wisconsin Republicans propose impeaching top elections official after disputed vote to fire her

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A group of Republican Wisconsin lawmakers on Thursday proposed impeaching the battleground state’s top elections official as Democrats wage a legal battle to keep the nonpartisan administrator in office. Democrats say the GOP-controlled state Senate acted illegitimately when it voted along party lines last week to oust Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe. “It’s irresponsible for this …

GOP-led Wisconsin Senate votes to fire nonpartisan official targeted by 2020 election skeptics
1 year, 3 months ago

GOP-led Wisconsin Senate votes to fire nonpartisan official targeted by 2020 election skeptics

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate voted Thursday to fire the battleground state’s nonpartisan top elections official, prompting a legal challenge from Democrats who say the vote was illegitimate. Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul said in a lawsuit that Senate Republicans don’t have the authority to oust Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe and accused them of attacking the …

Senate committee recommends firing Wisconsin’s top elections official in process Democrats dispute
1 year, 3 months ago

Senate committee recommends firing Wisconsin’s top elections official in process Democrats dispute

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A Republican-controlled committee on Monday recommended firing Wisconsin’s top elections official rather than reappointing her, clearing the way for a vote by the full GOP-led state Senate as soon as Thursday. The Senate elections committee voted 3-1 along party lines, with one Democrat abstaining, against confirming nonpartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe for a second term. …

Election deniers rail in Wisconsin as state Senate moves toward firing top election official
1 year, 3 months ago

Election deniers rail in Wisconsin as state Senate moves toward firing top election official

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Election skeptics aired their grievances against Wisconsin’s top elections official Tuesday at a hearing Democrats and the Legislature’s nonpartisan attorneys said should never have been held. Nevertheless, the opportunity to testify against Wolfe’s reappointment drew some of the most prominent members of the state’s thriving election conspiracy movement, including Michael Gableman, the former state Supreme Court justice …

Commission won’t tell Wisconsin’s top elections official whether to appear at reappointment hearing
1 year, 4 months ago

Commission won’t tell Wisconsin’s top elections official whether to appear at reappointment hearing

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Elections Commission declined to vote Wednesday on whether the state’s top elections official should appear before a state Senate hearing on her reappointment as a fight continues over who will lead elections in the critical battleground state ahead of the 2024 presidential race. Without clear instructions from commissioners, it is up to Meagan Wolfe, the …

Wisconsin’s top elections official met with FBI in 2020 election probe focusing on Trump
1 year, 5 months ago

Wisconsin’s top elections official met with FBI in 2020 election probe focusing on Trump

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s top elections administrator on Tuesday became the latest official in a battleground state to say they have been interviewed by federal investigators as part of the special counsel’s probe into the 2020 election. Election leaders in Wisconsin’s two largest cities of Milwaukee and Madison have also spoken with investigators as part of the Justice Department’s probe …

Battle over Wisconsin’s top elections official could have ripple effects for 2024
1 year, 5 months ago

Battle over Wisconsin’s top elections official could have ripple effects for 2024

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A fight over whether Wisconsin’s top elections official will keep her job has potential implications for the 2024 presidential contest in a perennial battleground where statewide margins are typically razor thin. “The conspiracy theorists are going to jump at anything,” said Kevin Kennedy, who was Wisconsin’s top elections official for 34 years before retiring in 2016 from …

Wisconsin Republicans try to force vote on reappointment of nonpartisan election leader
1 year, 5 months ago

Wisconsin Republicans try to force vote on reappointment of nonpartisan election leader

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Republicans who control the Wisconsin Senate, in a surprise move Wednesday night, proceeded with trying to force a vote on firing the state’s nonpartisan top elections official before the 2024 presidential election. The Republican move was an attempt to get around Democrats on the Wisconsin Elections Commission who a day earlier tried to block the Senate from …

Reappointment vote ends in partisan deadlock for battleground Wisconsin’s top elections official
1 year, 5 months ago

Reappointment vote ends in partisan deadlock for battleground Wisconsin’s top elections official

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A vote on the future of Wisconsin’s top elections official ended in partisan deadlock Tuesday amid Republican calls for the nonpartisan administrator of the statewide elections commission to resign over how she ran the 2020 presidential contest. “I have a very clear intent here, and that is to make sure that our commission, our agency, our local …

Top Wisconsin election official facing replacement calls for stability, defends record
1 year, 6 months ago

Top Wisconsin election official facing replacement calls for stability, defends record

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s top elections official, who has faced GOP criticism for how she ran the battleground state’s last presidential election, pushed Wednesday for officials to vote to keep her for another term or pick a successor who will support stability. “While I would ultimately support the Commission’s decision to go in the direction of appointing someone new, there …

Wisconsin’s top elections official for 2024 uncertain as incumbent’s term nears end
1 year, 6 months ago

Wisconsin’s top elections official for 2024 uncertain as incumbent’s term nears end

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Who will oversee the 2024 presidential election in the critical battleground state of Wisconsin remains clouded with uncertainty just weeks before the state’s nonpartisan top elections official reaches the end of her term. And that’s if Meagan Wolfe, administrator of the Wisconsin Elections Commission and one of the most respected election leaders in the nation, even wants …

Wisconsin's Vos gives J6 committee testimony — reversing course after having sued to block subpoena
2 years ago

Wisconsin's Vos gives J6 committee testimony — reversing course after having sued to block subpoena

Raw Story  

After initially going to federal court to fight a subpoena from the Congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos gave testimony to committee members Wednesday. “My meeting with the Select Committee was brief, and I answered their questions regarding Wisconsin’s 2020 Presidential Election.” Vos did not add any specifics of his …

Vos withdraws subpoenas, ending Wisconsin election inquiry
2 years, 3 months ago

Vos withdraws subpoenas, ending Wisconsin election inquiry

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s Republican Assembly leader on Friday withdrew subpoenas submitted as part of a GOP-led investigation into the 2020 election, marking the end of a 14-month endeavor that yielded no evidence of election fraud. Speaker Robin Vos withdrew subpoenas that Michael Gableman, the former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice he hired to look into the results of the 2020 …

'Crazy conspiracy theory': Wisconsin elections chief pans effort to 'decertify' the election
2 years, 9 months ago

'Crazy conspiracy theory': Wisconsin elections chief pans effort to 'decertify' the election

Raw Story  

Allies of Donald Trump on Tuesday continued their efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. "The former state Supreme Court justice leading the GOP-ordered review into the 2020 election on Tuesday said the state Legislature "ought to take a very hard look" at decertifying the state's presidential election," the Wisconsin State Journalreported. "Gableman released a new 136-page 'interim report' from …

Wisconsin elections officials knock down conspiracy claims
2 years, 10 months ago

Wisconsin elections officials knock down conspiracy claims

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s top elections officials systematically knocked down a series of conspiracy theories about the state’s voter records and election administration during a public hearing Wednesday before a legislative committee chaired by a Republican who has helped elevate the claims. The hearing before the Assembly elections committee gave Wisconsin Elections Commission officials their first public chance to respond …

Bipartisan Wisconsin business coalition backs elections head
2 years, 10 months ago

Bipartisan Wisconsin business coalition backs elections head

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A bipartisan group of prominent Wisconsin business leaders is voicing support for the state’s embattled elections administrator, her staff and local election officials, issuing a letter Monday backing Meagan Wolfe even as Republicans have called for her resignation and pursued investigations into how the 2020 election was run. The Wisconsin Business Leaders for Democracy Coalition, formed last …

Wisconsin GOP leader: ‘Zero chance’ of taking over elections
2 years, 11 months ago

Wisconsin GOP leader: ‘Zero chance’ of taking over elections

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A top Republican lawmaker in the presidential battleground state of Wisconsin said Friday that there is “zero chance” the GOP-controlled Legislature will take over the awarding of the state’s 10 presidential elector votes in 2024, even as Democrats worry that is their goal. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos told The Associated Press in an interview that he also …

Wisconsin GOP Senate leader opposes ‘blowing up’ elections
2 years, 11 months ago

Wisconsin GOP Senate leader opposes ‘blowing up’ elections

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The Republican leader of the Wisconsin Senate said Wednesday that he opposes “blowing up” the bipartisan commission he helped create to run elections in the battleground state. “Yes, I’m frustrated with some of the things the commission has done over the last couple of years, but that doesn’t mean that blowing it up is the right thing …

Wisconsin elections chief rebuffs GOP calls for resignation
3 years, 1 month ago

Wisconsin elections chief rebuffs GOP calls for resignation

Associated Press  

Madison, Wis. — The head of Wisconsin’s elections commission on Monday rejected a call for her resignation from the Republican Assembly Speaker and said her critics were engaging in political attacks. Wisconsin Elections Commission administrator Meagan Wolfe called recent criticism of her handling of the 2020 election “partisan politics at its worst” after Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos called for …

Wisconsin Republican schools her colleagues for pushing Trump-inspired election falsehoods
3 years, 3 months ago

Wisconsin Republican schools her colleagues for pushing Trump-inspired election falsehoods

Raw Story  

The state Senate elections committee informational hearing held Wednesday afternoon was quite boring. Her statement was only noteworthy because it came after months of disinformation and increasingly wild allegations and hundreds of thousands in taxpayer dollars allocated for a so-called “cyber-forensic audit" overseen by Speaker Robin Vos and his special counsel former Justice Michael Gableman, goaded on by Assembly elections …

Republicans call for resignation of Wisconsin election chair
4 years ago

Republicans call for resignation of Wisconsin election chair

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Republicans on Tuesday called for the Democratic chairwoman of the Wisconsin Elections Commission to resign, expressing anger that she finalized the state’s presidential election results showing Democrat Joe Biden defeating President Donald Trump. Republican commissioner Dean Knudson, a former state lawmaker, called chair Ann Jacobs’ actions finalizing the election on Monday a “little dog and pony show” …

Wisconsin issues recount order sought by Trump in two counties
4 years, 1 month ago

Wisconsin issues recount order sought by Trump in two counties

Al Jazeera  

Recounts in Milwaukee and Dane counties, where Biden outpolled Trump by a more than 2-to-1 margin, will begin Friday. The Wisconsin Elections Commission issued an order Thursday to recount more than 800,000 ballots cast in two heavily liberal counties at President Donald Trump’s request. “We understand the eyes of the world will be on these Wisconsin counties over the next …

Republicans searching for problems with Wisconsin election
4 years, 1 month ago

Republicans searching for problems with Wisconsin election

Hindustan Times  

Republicans are grasping for ways to reverse Joe Biden’s win in Wisconsin over President Donald Trump, despite there being no evidence of widespread fraud or voting irregularities in the state. Supporters of US President Donald Trump attend a 'Stop the Steal' protest outside the Wisconsin state capitol, following the media’s announcement that US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has won …

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