But relying on that decision, which has allowed Republican appointees to stay on state boards, raises unanswered legal questions. The impasse means it could be months before commissioners or lawmakers choose someone to lead the elections agency through the 2024 presidential race and beyond, if they do so at all.Ī recent Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling appears to allow Wolfe to continue as administrator, even after her term ends on Saturday. I will take my shots with the court rather than at the Senate,” Democratic Commissioner Mark Thomsen said.
“Meagan Wolfe is the best person to run our agency, and that’s why I’m abstaining. Commission actions require at least a four-vote majority. Republican commissioners voted to reappoint Wolfe, but Democrats abstained from Tuesday's vote for fear that reappointing her would allow the Republican-controlled state Senate to reject her confirmation. The six members of the Wisconsin Elections Commission are evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats.
Election officials cannot carry the burden of educating the public on elections alone.” “When people perpetuate false claims about our election systems, push back publicly. “When your constituents challenge you about the integrity of Wisconsin elections, tell them the truth,” she wrote to lawmakers just days before the vote on her reappointment. Wolfe has staunchly defended the decisions she’s made and fought back against false claims of election fraud, including those made by former President Donald Trump. (AP) - 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.Ī stalemate between elections commissioners on whether to reappoint Meagan Wolfe creates uncertainty over who will be in charge of elections in a battleground state so narrowly divided that four of the past six presidential elections in Wisconsin have been decided by less than a percentage point.
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