IS AT HIGH RISK FOR INCREASED
MILITIA ACTIVITY ON OR NEAR
ELECTION DAY.
AND GIVEN WISCONSIN'S CONNECTION
TO THE ALLEGED PLOT ON THE PART
OF AN EXTREMIST GROUP TO KIDNAP
THE MICHIGAN GOVERNOR, WE ASKED
STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL JOSH KAUL
ABOUT PREPARATIONS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING
US.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT
WHETHER YOU KNOW OF THREATS ON
THE PART OF MILITIA GROUPS OR
ANY OTHERS TO DISRUPT POLLING ON
ELECTION DAY IN OUR STATE?
>> WE DON'T HAVE INFORMATION
ABOUT SPECIFIC THREATS, AND I
BELIEVE THAT WISCONSINITES CAN
BE VERY CONFIDENT THAT THEY'RE
GOING TO BE SAFE WHEN THEY SHOW
UP AT THE POLLS TO VOTE.
ALL LAWFULLY-CAST BALLOTS WILL
BE COUNTED.
THE RESULTS WILL REFLECT THE
WILL OF THE VOTERS.
WE'RE TAKING STEPS TO PREPARE SO
IF AN ISSUE ARISES, THERE CAN BE
A SWIFT LAW ENFORCEMENT
RESPONSE.
>> HOW SERIOUSLY IS THIS BEING
TAKEN THOUGH AT ALL LEVELS?
>> I THINK THAT THE AMOUNT OF
ATTENTION THAT THIS IS GETTING
IS PROBABLY UNPRECEDENTED,
CERTAINLY IN RECENT MEMORY.
THE PRESIDENT HAS MADE
STATEMENTS INDICATING THAT HE'S
CONCERNED ABOUT VOTER FRAUD,
WHICH IN FACT IS EXTRAORDINARILY
RARE AND HE'S ENCOURAGED HIS
SUPPORTERS TO GO TO THE POLLS
AND LOOK AROUND.
WHILE WE HAVE FAIR AND
TRANSPARENT ELECTIONS IN
WISCONSIN AND PEOPLE CAN GO TO
THE POLLS AND BE OBSERVERS, IT'S
CRITICAL THEY ARE OBSERVING AND
NOT MAKING THEMSELVES
PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROCESS AND
INTERFERING OR DISRUPTING
VOTING.
>> AND SO ELECTION WATCHERS AND
POLL OBSERVERS ARE ALLOWED AT
WISCONSIN POLLING PLACES, BUT
WHAT'S NOT ALLOWED ON THE PART
OF THOSE PEOPLE?
>> WELL, OUR ELECTION INSPECTORS
WHO WORK AT POLLING PLACES HAVE
A LOT OF AUTHORITY TO MAINTAIN
ORDER IN THE VOTING PROCESS.
AND IF THERE IS DISRUPTION OR
INTERFERENCE WITH THE PROCESS,
THEY CAN REMOVE INDIVIDUALS FROM
POLLING PLACES AND THEY CAN EVEN
CONTACT LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ASK
THEM TO REMOVE THOSE
INDIVIDUALS.
IN ADDITION, ANY EFFORT TO USE
FORCE OR TO THREATEN TO USE
FORCE TO PREVENT SOMEBODY FROM
VOTING OR TO PUT SOMETHING IN A
STATE OF DURESS TO PREVENT THEM
FROM VOTING, THAT'S VOTER
INTIMIDATION.
IT'S A FELONY IN WISCONSIN.
ANYBODY WHO ENGAGES IN THAT KIND
OF CONDUCT SHOULD BE PREPARED TO
BE INVESTIGATED AND SPEND TIME
BEHIND BARS.
IF ANYBODY WHO'S A VOTER HAS
CONCERNS THAT THEY ARE OBSERVING
VOTER INTIMIDATION OR THAT
THEY'RE SUBJECT TO IT
THEMSELVES, I ENCOURAGE THEM
FIRST TO CONTACT THE ELECTION
WORKERS WHO ARE AT THE POLLING
PLACE AND ALSO TO CONTACT LOCAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
>> THE FULL INTERVIEW WITH
ATTORNEY GENERAL KAUL CAN BE
SEEN