% INTERVIEW WITH TOMMY THOMPSON BY
% VISITING OUR WEBSITE AT PBS
% WISCONSIN DOT-ORG/NEWS.
% TURNING TO ELECTIONS, THE JOB
% SECURITY OF THE ADMINISTRATOR OF
% THE WISCONSIN ELECTIONS
% COMMISSION IS UNCERTAIN AS
% OFFICIALS DELIBERATE THE FINE
% PRINT OF HER APPOINTMENT.
% MEAGAN WOLFE'S FOUR-YEAR TENURE
% HAS WEATHERED THE CHAOS OF
% HOLDING ELECTIONS AMIDST A
% PANDEMIC AND NUMEROUS COURT
% CASES ALLEGING VOTER FRAUD IN
% THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
% BUT IS NOW IN THE CROSSHAIRS FOR
% SENATE REPUBLICANS WHO TYPICALLY
% APPROVE NOMINEES FOR THE JOB.
% THE WISCONSIN ELECTIONS
% COMMISSION VOTED ON WOLFE'S
% REAPPOINTMENT.
% THE COMMISSION'S THREE
% REPUBLICANS VOTED IN FAVOR BUT
% THE THREE DEMOCRATS ABSTAINED
% SAYING WOLFE DOESN'T NEED TO BE
% REAPPOINTED; SHE SHOULD MAINTAIN
% HER CURRENT ROLE UNTIL THERE IS
% A VACANCY.
% >> THANK YOU TO THE
% COMMISSIONERS FOR THEIR KIND
% WORDS AND THEIR UNANIMOUS
% SUPPORT FOR ME JOB PERFORMANCE
% TODAY.%I WAS SO IMPRESSED BY
THE
% COMMISSIONERS' INTEGRITY AND %
WILLING TO STAND UP FOR THE
% TRUTH ABOUT ELECTIONS, TO SET
% THE RECORD STRAIGHT ABOUT THE
% OUR PROCESS AND HOW THE
% COMMISSION WORKS AND HOW THE
% COMMISSION'S DECISIONS, WHICH I
% DON'T HAVE A VOTE ON, HOW
% THEY'RE MADE, DELIBERATED AS
% PART OF A PUBLIC MEETING.
% >> I THINK THE STATUTORY LAW
% REGARDING THE WEC IS CRYSTAL
% CLEAR, AS CLEAR AS IT CAN BE.
% I'M A BATTERED VETERAN OF I
% DON'T KNOW HOW MANY COURT CASES
% BEING APPOINTED IN 2016.
% IF SOMEONE IS GOING TO SUE US,
% THEY'RE GOING TO SUE US AND
% WE'LL SEE HOW THAT SHAKES OUT,
% BUT I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT IN OUR
% INTERPRETATION OF THE LAW.
% >> I'M VERY CONCERNED THAT NOW
% WE ARE LEAVING THE JOB OF THE
% ADMINISTRATOR IN THE HANDS OF A
% CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE OR COURT OF
% THE APPEALS IN THE SUPREME COURT
% AND HER POSITION COULD BE IN
% JEOPARDY ON A MOMENT'S NOTICE.
% AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOOD
% FOR THE STAFF, I DON'T THINK