CONSULTANTS LIKE THOSE WHO
WORKED IN GREEN BAY IN NOVEMBER.
HE ALLEGES ONE SUCH CONSULTANT
WAS RUNNING THE CENTRAL COUNT
LOCATION IN GREEN BAY.
THE CITY'S MAYOR REJECTS THE
ALLEGATIONS AND IN A STATEMENT
SAID THIS: THE CITY'S CONDUCT
OF THE ELECTION IN 2020 HAS BEEN
HEAVILY SCRT SCROOT SCRUTINIZED.
IN EACH CASE THE CITY'S ACTIONS
HAVE BEEN UPHELD.
NO BALLOTS WERE EVER IN THE CARE
OR CUSTODY OF THESE CONSULTANTS,
THE STATEMENT SAID.
WHY IS GREEN BAY A TARGET OF
LEGISLATIVE REPUBLICANS REPUBLICANS IN
INTENT OF RELITIGATEING ELECTION
FRAUD?
WE CHECK IN WITH DEMOCRATIC
REPRESENTATIVE KRISTIN SHELTON
OF GREEN BAY AND THANKS VERY
MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING
ME.
IT'S A GREAT DAY TO TALK ABOUT
VOTING RIGHTS AND ELECTION
INTEGRITY.
>> SO WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE TO
GREEN BAY'S ELECTION COUNT
PROCESS BEING A TARGET OF A
REPUBLICAN INVESTIGATION?
>> YOU KNOW, NO MATTER WHERE WE
COME FROM, OUR BACKGROUND, THE
COLOR OF OUR SKIN OR OUR ZIP
CODE, WE ALL WANT FAIR, FREE,
LEGITIMATE, TRANSPARENT
ELECTIONS THAT FOLLOW ELECTION
LAW AND UPHOLD OUR SHARED
VALUES.
AND WHAT I'VE SEEN IS MY FELLOW
REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES IN THE
WISCONSIN STATE LEGISLATURE SOW
DIVISION AND DIVIDE BASED ON NO
EVIDENCE AT THIS TIME.
I WOULD LIKE US TO GET BACK TO
WORK FOR WORKING FAMILIES AND
HELP PEOPLE NAVIGATE OUT OF THE
CORONAVIRUS.
AS TO THEIR INTENT, YOU KNOW,
I'M UNABLE TO ANSWER THEIR
INTENT BECAUSE THAT'S ON THEM.
BUT MY JOB IS TO LEGISLATE BASED
ON EVIDENCE AND I HAVE SEEN NO
EVIDENCE THAT WE SHOULD BE
TAKING THIS ANY FURTHER.
>> SO THE ELECTIONS COMMITTEE
CONDUCTING THIS PROBE WILL BE
ARMED WITH SUBPOENA POWER TO
BRING PEOPLE IN TO TESTIFY.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT?
>> WELL, I TALKED TO OUR MAYOR
HERE AND HE HAS ASSURED ME THAT
HE'S OPEN TO WORKING WITH THE
CAMPAIGN AND ELECTIONS COMMITTEE
TO TELL OUR STORY.
YOU KNOW, WITH THAT COMMITTEE
HEARING A FEW WEEKS AGO, IT WAS
VERY DISAPPOINTING.
I WAS NOT INVITED TO PARTICIPATE
AT ALL.
SO IT WAS A ONE-SIDED
PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT HAPPENED
HERE.
IT WAS VERY FRUSTRATING TO THE
PEOPLE OF GREEN BAY AND TO THE
90TH BECAUSE OUR STORY IS VERY
DIFFERENT.
PEOPLE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT ABOUT
OUR ELECTION AND THEY HAVE KNOW
THAT IT WAS LEGITIMATE AND
FOLLOWED ELECTION LAW.
>> STILL, GREEN BAY DID HAVE ITS
ISSUES IN THE LAST ELECTION
CYCLE.
THERE WERE LONG LINES AS ONLY
TWO OF 35 POLLING PLACES WERE
OPEN.
THE CITY DIDN'T ACCEPT THE HELP
OF THE WISCONSIN NATIONAL GUARD.
DOES GREEN BAY NEED CHANGES IN
THE ADMINISTRATION OF ELECTIONS,
IN YOUR MIND?
>> EVERY COMMUNITY AND
MUNICIPALITY FACED UNPRECEDENTED
CHALLENGES DURING THE ELECTIONS
OF 2020.
AND WHAT WE SAW WAS DIFFICULTY
IN THE APRIL ELECTION AND WE SAW
OUR CITY OFFICIALS PIVOT TO BE
ABLE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
POLLING LOCATIONS, ADDITIONAL
STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS TO BE ABLE
TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE COULD VOTE
AND STILL BE HEALTHY AND SAFE.
AND WITH THAT ADDITIONAL NEED
CAME ADDITIONAL COSTS.
AND SO WE SAW OUR COMMUNITY
REACH OUT TO AND APPLY FOR
GRANTS AMONG OTHER COMMUNITIES
HERE IN THE STATE.
HUNDREDS OF COMMUNITIES APPLIED
FOR AND RECEIVED FUNDING.
AND WHAT WE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO
HAVE SEEN IS A LEGISLATURE LAST
YEAR THAT WOULD HAVE DONE THEIR
JOB TO PROVIDE PUBLIC FUNDING
AND PUBLIC MONIES TO BE ABLE TO
DO SO.
WHEN THEY DIDN'T, COMMUNITIES
HAD TO LOOK ELSEWHERE.
>> SO THE LEGISLATURE AS YOU
WELL KNOW IS LOOKING TO CHANGE
LIKS LAW
ELECTION LAW IN WISCONSIN AROUND
TIGHTENING UP AB CENTRE ABSENTEE VOTING.
HOW DO YOU REGARD THE PROPOSED
BILLS?
>> WE HAVE A COORDINATED ASSAULT
ON VOTING RIGHTS NOT JUST IN
GREEN BAY AND WISCONSIN, BUT
AROUND THE COUNTRY.
OVER 250 BILLS.
THIS IS BASED ON A LACK OF ANY
EVIDENCE.
THIS IS AN ASSAULT ON VOTING
RIGHTS.
WE NEED TO ENGAGE PEOPLE IN
TELLING THE TRUTH AND STANDING
UP FOR OUR DEMOCRACY.
AGAIN, WE HAVE SO MUCH WORK ON
THE TABLE THAT WE NEED TO GET TO
FOR WORKING PEOPLE.
THAT'S WHERE MY PRIORITIES ARE
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO
CONTINUE TO DO IN MY LEADERSHIP
IN THE ASSEMBLY.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TODAY,
REPRESENT T KRISTIN SHELTON OF
REPRESENTATIVE KRISTIN SHELTON.