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Republicans propose dissolving Wisconsin Elections Commission

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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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. …

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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 …

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1 year, 4 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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Elections chief: No complaints about Green Bay consultant

Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s top elections administrator said Wednesday that she never received any formal complaints about Green Bay’s mayor ceding authority for running the presidential election in that city to a Facebook-funded consultant. Republican lawmakers earlier this month called for Mayor Eric Genrich to resign after a conservative website reported that he and his staff gave consultant Michael Spitzer-Rubenstein …

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Republicans propose dissolving Wisconsin Elections Commission

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wisconsin elections officials knock down conspiracy claims

Elections chief: No complaints about Green Bay consultant